Hexagram:Splitting Apart →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Windinversion
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
天火大起，飛鳥驚駭。作事不時，自為身咎。
A great fire blazes from heaven; flying birds scatter in alarm. Acting at the wrong time, one brings blame upon oneself.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.