Hexagram:Enthusiasm →Hexagram:Waiting
I-Ching Transformation
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
→
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 鳴豫凶
鳴míngproclaiming
豫yùreadiness
凶xiōngdisappointing
Line 2: 介于石不終日貞吉
介jièresolved
于yúin
石shístone
不bùthere will be no
終zhōngend
日rìthe day
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 3: 盱豫悔遲有悔
盱xūwide-eyed
豫yùreadiness
悔huǐregrettable
遲chíthe slow
有yǒuwill have
悔huǐregrets
Line 4: 由豫大有得勿疑朋盍簪
由yóuat the source
豫yùreadiness
大dàthere is with much
有yǒuto have
得déto gain
勿wùdo not
疑yíhesitation
朋péngcompanions
盍hégather
簪zānas
Line 5: 貞疾恆不死
貞zhēnpersistent
疾jíaffliction
恆hénga long time
不bùwithout
死sǐdying
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
氈裘羶國，文禮不飭；跨馬控弦，伐我都邑。
A land of felt robes and rank mutton, where rites and courtesy are not observed; astride horses, drawing bows, they attack our capital.
— 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 5 (Waiting). 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.