Hexagram:Modesty →Hexagram:Conflict
I-Ching Transformation
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
→
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 鳴謙貞吉
鳴míngproclaim
謙qiānauthenticity
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 3: 勞謙君子有終吉
勞láodiligence
謙qiānand
君jūnin
子zǐyoung one
有yǒuhave
終zhōngresults
吉jípromising
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 →Waterstillness to abysmal
Yilin Verse
磨鐵成針，日短功微。未成寸器，白首猶揮。
Grinding iron into a needle, days are short and progress slight. Before even a small tool is made, the hair turns white — and still one toils.
— 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 6 (Conflict). 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.