Hexagram:Modesty Hexagram:Treading

I-Ching Transformation

15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 謙謙君子用涉大川吉

qiānauthentically
qiānand
jūnin
young one
yòngit
shèto
the great
chuānstream
promising

Line 2: 鳴謙貞吉

míngproclaim
qiānauthenticity
zhēnpersistence
is promising

Line 3: 勞謙君子有終吉

láodiligence
qiānand
jūnin
young one
yǒuhave
zhōngresults
promising

Line 4: 無不利撝謙

without
doubt
worthwhile
huīwith
qiānof authenticity

Line 5: 不富以其鄰利用侵伐無不利

there is no
enrichment
making use of
one's
línneighbors
it is worthwhile
yòngand useful
qīnto occupy
and subjugate
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6: 鳴謙利用行師征邑國

míngproclaiming
qiānauthenticity
it is worthwhile
yòngand useful
xíngto move
shīthe militia
zhēngto advance on
home town
guóand province

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

同本異葉,樂仁上德;東鄰慕義,來興吾國。

Same root, different leaves; delighting in benevolence and highest virtue. The eastern neighbor admires righteousness and comes to prosper our realm.

— 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 10 (Treading). 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.