Hexagram:Fellowship Hexagram:Youthful Folly

I-Ching Transformation

13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Line 1: 同人于門無咎

tóngfellowship with
rénothers
at
méngate
no
jiùblame

Line 2: 同人于宗吝

tóngfellowship with
rénothers
only in
zōngclan
lìnembarrassment

Line 3: 伏戎于莽升其高陵三歲不興

cache
róngweapons
in
mǎngunderbrush
shēngclimbing up
one's
gāohighest
línghills
sānthree
suìyears
of
xīngexuberance

Line 4: 乘其墉弗克攻吉

chéngmounting
one's
yōngbattlement
but not
capable of
gōngto attack
promising

Line 5: 同人先號咷而後笑大師克相遇

tóngfellowship with
rénothers
xiānbegins
háowailing
táoweeping
érand then
hòufollows with
xiàolaughter
great
shīarmies
can manage
xiāngeach other
to entertain

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

三羖五牂,相隨俱行;迷入空澤,經涉六駮,為所傷賊。

Three black bucks, five white ewes, following one another in a line. Straying into an empty marsh, they pass through dappled beasts and are wounded and preyed upon.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 13 (Fellowship) to hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.