Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I-Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 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 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
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 →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
刺羊不當，血少無羹；女執空筐，不得採桑。
Slaughtering the sheep poorly -- too little blood for broth. The woman holds an empty basket; she cannot gather mulberry.
— 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 52 (Keeping Still). 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.