Hexagram:Contemplation →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4).
Line 1: 童觀小人無咎君子吝
童tóngchild's
觀guānperspective
小xiǎofor little
人rénpeople
無wúno
咎jiùblame
君jūnbut for a noble
子zǐyoung one
吝lìnan embarrassment
Line 2: 闚觀利女貞
闚kuīa pry
觀guānperspective
利lìreward
女nǚa young lady
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 3: 觀我生進退
觀guānperceiving
我wǒour
生shēnglives
進jìnas
退tuìand
Line 4: 觀國之光利用賓于王
觀guānperceiving
國guóa country
之zhī...'s
光guāngglory
利lìit is worthwhile
用yòngand useful
賓bīnbeing a guest
于yúto
王wángits
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Heavengentle to creative
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
蜎飛蠕動，各有所配；歡悅相逢，咸得其處。
Winged insects and creeping things, each finds its destined mate; joyfully they meet and converge -- all find their proper place.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 20 (Contemplation) 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.