Hexagram:Work on the Decayed →Hexagram:Holding Together
I-Ching Transformation
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5, 6).
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 5: 幹父之蠱用譽
幹gàncorrect
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
用yònguse
譽yùpraise
Line 6: 不事王侯高尚其事
不bùdoes
事shìserve
王wángof sovereign
侯hóuor noble
高gāoof noble
尚shàngworth
其qíone's own
事shìservice
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Lower TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
視暗不見，雲蔽日光；不見子都，鄭人心傷。
Gazing into darkness and seeing nothing; clouds obscure the sunlight. Unable to see Zidu -- the people of Zheng are heartsick.
— 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 8 (Holding Together). 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.