Hexagram:Enthusiasm Hexagram:Inner Truth

I-Ching Transformation

16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
61
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu
Wind / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 鳴豫凶

míngproclaiming
readiness
xiōngdisappointing

Line 2: 介于石不終日貞吉

jièresolved
in
shístone
there will be no
zhōngend
the day
zhēnpersistence
promising

Line 4: 由豫大有得勿疑朋盍簪

yóuat the source
readiness
there is with much
yǒuto have
to gain
do not
hesitation
péngcompanions
gather
zānas

Line 5: 貞疾恆不死

zhēnpersistent
affliction
hénga long time
without
dying

Line 6: 冥豫成有渝無咎

míngblind
readiness
chéngaccomplish
yǒuwhile
a change for worse
no
jiùblame

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous

Yilin Verse

竿旄旌旗,執幟在郊;雖有寶珠,無路致之。

Poles, pennants, banners, and flags -- standards held at the border. Though one possesses precious pearls, there is no road to deliver them.

— 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 61 (Inner Truth). 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.