Hexagram:Following →Hexagram:The Gentle
I Ching Transformation
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
→
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
水壞我里，東流為海；龜鳧讙囂，不睹王母。
Floodwaters breach my village, flowing east to the sea; turtles and ducks clamor noisily -- the Queen Mother is not to be seen.
— 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 57 (The Gentle). 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.