Hexagram:Contemplation →Hexagram:Abundance
I Ching Transformation
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
→
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Yilin Verse
大人失宜，盈滿復虧；長冬之木，盛者滅衰。
The great man loses his due measure; what was full now wanes again. A tree in deep winter -- what flourished withers and decays.
— 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 55 (Abundance). 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.