Hexagram:Splitting Apart Hexagram:The Creative

I Ching Transformation

23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

舊曆燒盡灰飛散,新符桃木掛門前。東方既白星辰隱,萬物齊聲迎始元。

The old calendar burns to ash and scatters; new peach-wood charms hang before the gate. The east grows white as stars withdraw — all living things raise their voices to welcome the new beginning.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 23 (Splitting Apart) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.