Hexagram:Splitting Apart Hexagram:The Joyous

I-Ching Transformation

23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 剝床以足蔑貞凶

depriving
chuáng(the) bed
of (the use of)
(the
miè(to) dismiss
zhēnpersistence
xiōng(is) unfortunate

Line 2: 剝床以辨蔑貞凶

depriving
chuáng(the) bed
of (the use of)
biàn(the
miè(to) dismiss
zhēnpersistence
xiōng(is) unfortunate

Line 4: 剝床以膚凶

depriving
chuáng(the) bed
of (the use of)
(the
xiōngunfortunate

Line 5: 貫魚以宮人寵無不利

guàn(a) string(line)
of fish(es)
by (way
gōng(the) palace
rénoccupants'
chǒngsponsorship
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6: 碩果不食君子得輿小人剝廬

shuò(the) ripe
guǒfruit (realization
is not
shí(being) eaten
jūn(a
young one
gains
輿support
xiǎo(as
rénones
(are) deprived of
(their)(own) hovels

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous

Yilin Verse

播天舞,光地乳。神所守,樂無咎。言不信誤。

Spreading heaven in dance; light nourishes the earth. Guarded by the spirits; joy without blame. Yet words not trusted lead to error.

— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.