Hexagram:Modesty →Hexagram:Small Taming
I-Ching Transformation
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 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 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 →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Yilin Verse
江河淮海，天之都市；商人受福，國家富有。
The Yangtze, the Yellow, the Huai, the sea: heaven's great marketplace. Merchants receive blessings; the state grows rich and full.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.