Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:Great Taming
I Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
26
Great Taming
Da Chu
Mountain / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Heavenarousing to creative
Yilin Verse
伯仲叔季，日暮寢寐；坐臥失明，喪其貝囊。
Eldest, second, third, and fourth -- at dusk they lie down to sleep. Sitting and reclining, they lose their sight; they lose their purse of coins.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 17 (Following) to hexagram 26 (Great 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.