Hexagram:Contemplation →Hexagram:Great Possession
I-Ching Transformation
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
→
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
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
Line 5: 觀我生君子無咎
觀guānperceiving
我wǒour
生shēnglives
君jūna noble
子zǐyoung one
無wúavoids
咎jiùblame
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Firegentle to clinging
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
山沒丘浮，陸為水魚；燕雀無巢，民無室廬。
Mountains are drowned and hills set adrift, dry land becomes fish-water; swallows and sparrows have no nest -- the people have no dwelling.
— 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 14 (Great Possession). 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.