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).
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.