Hexagram:Splitting Apart →Hexagram:Waiting
I-Ching Transformation
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
→
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 剝床以足蔑貞凶
剝bōdepriving
床chuáng(the) bed
以yǐof (the use of)
足zú(the
蔑miè(to) dismiss
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōng(is) unfortunate
Line 2: 剝床以辨蔑貞凶
剝bōdepriving
床chuáng(the) bed
以yǐof (the use of)
辨biàn(the
蔑miè(to) dismiss
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōng(is) unfortunate
Line 3: 剝之無咎
剝bōdepriving
之zhīitself
無wúis not
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 貫魚以宮人寵無不利
貫guàn(a) string(line)
魚yúof fish(es)
以yǐby (way
宮gōng(the) palace
人rénoccupants'
寵chǒngsponsorship
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 6: 碩果不食君子得輿小人剝廬
碩shuò(the) ripe
果guǒfruit (realization
不bùis not
食shí(being) eaten
君jūn(a
子zǐyoung one
得dégains
輿yúsupport
小xiǎo(as
人rénones
剝bō(are) deprived of
廬lú(their)(own) hovels
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
上下惟邪，戾其元夫。歡心隔塞，君子離居。
Above and below all is perverse; estranging her rightful lord. Joyful hearts are blocked and sealed; the noble man dwells apart.
— 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 5 (Waiting). 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.