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).
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 3: 係丈夫失小子隨有求得利居貞
係xìattached
丈zhàngthe senior elder
夫fūgentleman
失shīlosing
小xiǎoa little
子zǐchild
隨suífollow
有yǒuassumes
求qiúa quest
得dégain
利lìworthwhile
居jūto abide in
貞zhēnpersistence
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
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.