Hexagram:Work on the Decayed →Hexagram:Innocence
I-Ching Transformation
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
→
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 幹父之蠱有子考無咎厲終吉
幹gàncorrect
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
有yǒuif
子zǐa young one
考kǎoto examine
無wúno
咎jiùblame
厲lìdifficulty
終zhōngbut at
吉jípromising
Line 2: 幹母之蠱不可貞
幹gàncorrect
母mǔmother
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
不bùno
可kěcalling
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 3: 幹父之蠱小有悔無大咎
幹gàncorrect
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
小xiǎothe small
有yǒuthere will be
悔huǐregrets
無wúbut no
大dàgreat
咎jiùerror
Line 4: 裕父之蠱往見吝
裕yùtolerating
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
往wǎngto continue thus
見jiànmeets with
吝lìndisgrace
Line 5: 幹父之蠱用譽
幹gàncorrect
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
用yònguse
譽yùpraise
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
福祿不遂，家多怪祟；麋鹿悲啼，思其大雄。
Fortune and favor fail to come; the household is plagued by strange hauntings. The elk and deer cry mournfully, longing for their great stag.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 18 (Work on the Decayed) to hexagram 25 (Innocence). 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.