Hexagram:Grace Hexagram:Deliverance

I Ching Transformation

22
Grace
Bi
Mountain / Fire
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Thunderstillness to arousing
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

南山之蹊,真人所在。德配唐虞,天命為子。保佑歆享,身受大慶。

On the southern mountain's path, the True Man dwells. His virtue matches Yao and Shun; heaven's mandate makes him its son. Protected with blessings and offerings; the body receives great felicity.

— 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 40 (Deliverance). 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.