Hexagram:Approach →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 3: 甘臨無攸利既憂之無咎
甘gānsweet
臨líntaking charge
無wúthis is no
攸yōudirection
利lìwith merit
既jìwhen finished
憂yōuindulge in
之zhīthis
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 至臨無咎
至zhìcomplete
臨líntaking charge
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 知臨大君之宜吉
知zhīinformed
臨líntaking charge
大dàgreat
君jūnnoble
之zhī...'s
宜yínecessity
吉jípromising
Line 6: 敦臨吉無咎
敦dūnauthentic
臨líntaking charge
吉jípromising
無wúno
咎jiùis wrong
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake →Heavenjoyous to creative
Yilin Verse
黃獹生馬，白戌為母。晉師在郊，虞公出走。
A yellow bitch bears a horse; a white hound serves as mother. The Jin army at the border -- the Duke of Yu flees.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 19 (Approach) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.