Hexagram:Grace →Hexagram:The Abysmal
I-Ching Transformation
22
Grace
Bi
Mountain / Fire
→
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 賁其趾舍車而徒
賁bìadorn
其qíthese
趾zhǐfeet
舍shědismiss
車chē(the) carriage
而érand (so
徒túgo on foot
Line 2: 賁其須
賁bìadorn
其qíone's (own)
須xūbeard
Line 3: 賁如濡如永貞吉
賁bìelegant
如rúso
濡rúdripping (wet)
如rúso
永yǒng(with) last
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jí(is) promising
Line 5: 賁于丘園束帛戔戔吝終吉
賁bìadorned
于yúamidst
丘qiū(the) hill(sides
園yuán(and) (in) gardens
束shù(a
帛bó(of) silk(s)
戔jiān(is) (a
戔jiānremnant
吝lìnembarrass
終zhōng(but) in
吉jípromising
Line 6: 白賁無咎
白bái(plain) white
賁bìadornment
無wú(is) no
咎jiùblame
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
虎齧龍指，太山之崖。天命不佑，不見其雌。
The tiger gnaws the dragon's claw, at the cliff of Mount Tai. Heaven's mandate does not protect; one cannot find its mate.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 22 (Grace) to hexagram 29 (The Abysmal). 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.