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).
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.