Hexagram:Approach →Hexagram:The Wanderer
I-Ching Transformation
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
→
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 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 4: 至臨無咎
至zhìcomplete
臨líntaking charge
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 敦臨吉無咎
敦dūnauthentic
臨líntaking charge
吉jípromising
無wúno
咎jiùis wrong
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
天所祚昌，文以為良；篤生武王，姬受其福。
What heaven bestows its flourishing upon, with Wen deemed most worthy; mightily it bore King Wu -- the house of Ji received 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.