Hexagram:Approach →Hexagram:Development
I-Ching Transformation
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
→
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 咸臨貞吉
咸xiánunited
臨líntaking charge
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 2: 咸臨吉無不利
咸xiánunited
臨líntaking charge
吉jípromising
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
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 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 →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
匏瓠之恩，一畝千室。萬國都邑，北門有福。
By the grace of the gourd, one acre shelters a thousand households. Ten thousand states and their capitals -- the northern gate bestows its blessing.
— 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 53 (Development). 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.