Hexagram:Enthusiasm →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I-Ching Transformation
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Yilin Verse
茹芝餌黃，飲食玉瑛；與神流通，長無憂凶。
Eating lingzhi, swallowing the golden elixir, drinking jade essence; communing with the spirits, long free from worry and misfortune.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm) to hexagram 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.