Hexagram:Modesty →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 謙謙君子用涉大川吉
謙qiānauthentically
謙qiānand
君jūnin
子zǐyoung one
用yòngit
涉shèto
大dàthe great
川chuānstream
吉jípromising
Line 2: 鳴謙貞吉
鳴míngproclaim
謙qiānauthenticity
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 4: 無不利撝謙
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
撝huīwith
謙qiānof authenticity
Line 5: 不富以其鄰利用侵伐無不利
不bùthere is no
富fùenrichment
以yǐmaking use of
其qíone's
鄰línneighbors
利lìit is worthwhile
用yòngand useful
侵qīnto occupy
伐fáand subjugate
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 6: 鳴謙利用行師征邑國
鳴míngproclaiming
謙qiānauthenticity
利lìit is worthwhile
用yòngand useful
行xíngto move
師shīthe militia
征zhēngto advance on
邑yìhome town
國guóand province
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Yilin Verse
喋囁處曜，昧冥相待；多言少實，終無成事。
Chattering and flickering in the glare; dim darkness waits upon itself. Many words, little substance; in the end, nothing is accomplished.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 15 (Modesty) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.