Hexagram:Great Possession →Hexagram:The Abysmal
I-Ching Transformation
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
→
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 無交害匪咎艱則無咎
無wúhaving
交jiāointeraction
害hàiwith trouble
匪fěito never to be
咎jiùin errors
艱jiānthis is difficulty
則zébut otherwise
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 3: 公用亨于天子小人弗克
公gōnghigh noble
用yòngpresents
亨hēngfulfillment
于yúto
天tiānof heaven's
子zǐthe son
小xiǎothe common
人rénfolk
弗fúare not
克kèable to
Line 4: 匪其彭無咎
匪fěiit
其qíin one's own
彭péngplace of dominion
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 厥孚交如威如吉
厥juétheir
孚fútrust
交jiāocommerce
如rúresemble
威wēidignity
如rúassuming
吉jíis promising
Line 6: 自天祐之吉無不利
自zìfrom
天tiānheaven
祐yòuis protection
之zhīis extended
吉jípromising
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
天地九重，堯舜履中；正冠垂裳，宇宙平康。
Heaven and earth in nine tiers; Yao and Shun walk the middle way. Straightening the crown, letting robes hang; the cosmos is level and at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 14 (Great Possession) to hexagram 29 (The Abysmal). 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.