Hexagram:Modesty Hexagram:The Joyous

I-Ching Transformation

15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

邯鄲反言,父兄生患;涉叔援俎,一死不還。

Handan's words are twisted; fathers and brothers fall into peril. Shashu seizes the ritual vessel; in one death, none returns.

— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.