Hexagram:Great Possession →Hexagram:Gathering Together
I-Ching Transformation
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
→
45
Gathering Together
Cui
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 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 2: 大車以載有攸往無咎
大dàgreat
車chēwagon
以yǐis used for the purpose of
載zàiundertake
有yǒuto have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
無wúis not
咎jiùmistake
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 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 →Lakeclinging to joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
雀行求食，出門見鷂；顛蹶上下，幾無所處。
A sparrow ventures out seeking food and meets a sparrowhawk at the gate. Tumbling up and down; it almost has nowhere to go.
— 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 45 (Gathering Together). 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.