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).

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.