Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:Youthful Folly
I-Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 官有渝貞吉出門交有功
官guānthe standards
有yǒuwill
渝yúchange
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
出chūleaving
門ména outer gate
交jiāoto communicate
有yǒuhas
功gōngmerit
Line 2: 係小子失丈夫
係xìattached
小xiǎoa little
子zǐchild
失shīlosing
丈zhàngthe senior
夫fūgentleman
Line 4: 隨有獲貞凶有孚在道以明何咎
隨suífollow
有yǒuhas
獲huòsuccess
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngunfortunate
有yǒube
孚fútrue
在zàion
道dàoa way
以yǐin order to be
明míngclear
何héwhere is
咎jiùthe blame
Line 5: 孚于嘉吉
孚fútrust
于yúin
嘉jiāexcellence
吉jípromising
Line 6: 拘係之乃從維之王用亨于西山
拘jūseize
係xìand bind
之zhīthem
乃nǎiand then
從cóngfollow
維wéiholding fast
之zhīthem
王wángthe Sovereign
用yòngwill make
亨hēngfulfillment
于yúto
西xīthe Western (the site of the Zhou
山shānMountain ancestral shrine)
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
蒼龍單獨，與石相觸，摧折兩角。
The azure dragon, alone, collided with a boulder; both horns snapped and broke.
— 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 4 (Youthful Folly). 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.