Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:The Clinging
I Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Firejoyous to clinging
Lower TrigramThunder →Firearousing to clinging
Yilin Verse
不勝私情，以利自嬰；北室出孤，毀其良家。
Unable to master private passions, entangled in self-interest; from the northern chamber an orphan emerges -- the good household is destroyed.
— 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 30 (The Clinging). 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.