Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:Pushing Upward
I Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
登几上輿，駕駟南遊；合從散衡，燕秦以僵。
Mounting the bench, ascending the carriage, driving four horses southward; the Vertical Alliance broken, the Horizontal dissolved -- Yan and Qin both stiffened to ruin.
— 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 46 (Pushing Upward). 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.