Hexagram:Enthusiasm →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
蝙蝠夜藏，不敢晝行。酒為酸漿，魴臭鮑羹。
The bat hides by night, daring not to go abroad by day. Wine has turned to sour whey; bream stinks like salted-fish broth.
— 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 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.