Hexagram:Grace Hexagram:Conflict

I-Ching Transformation

22
Grace
Bi
Mountain / Fire
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 賁其趾舍車而徒

adorn
these
zhǐfeet
shědismiss
chē(the) carriage
érand (so
go on foot

Line 2: 賁其須

adorn
one's (own)
beard

Line 3: 賁如濡如永貞吉

elegant
so
dripping (wet)
so
yǒng(with) last
zhēnpersistence
(is) promising

Line 4: 賁如皤如白馬翰如匪寇婚媾

elegant
so
(to be) (of) pure
so
bái(and
horse(man)
hànwinged
as if
fěi(it
kòu(a
hūn(but) (a) marital
gòusuitor

Line 5: 賁于丘園束帛戔戔吝終吉

adorned
amidst
qiū(the) hill(sides
yuán(and) (in) gardens
shù(a
(of) silk(s)
jiān(is) (a
jiānremnant
lìnembarrass
zhōng(but) in
promising

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

羊驚狼虎,悚耳群聚;行旅稽難,留連愁苦。

Sheep alarmed by wolves and tigers, ears pricked, huddling together. Travelers are delayed and obstructed; they linger on in sorrow and hardship.

— 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 6 (Conflict). 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.