Hexagram:Innocence →Hexagram:Modesty
I-Ching Transformation
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
→
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 無妄往吉
無wúwithout
妄wàngpretense
往wǎngto go forth
吉jíis promising
Line 3: 無妄之災或繫之牛行人之得邑人之災
無wúone without
妄wàngpretense
之zhīstill
災zāimisfortune
或huòas when somebody
繫xìtethers
之zhīone's
牛niúox
行xíngon the move
人rénis
之zhīhas
得déan
邑yìand is a
人réninhabitant
之zhī...'s
災zāithe calamity
Line 4: 可貞無咎
可kěinviting
貞zhēnpersistence
無wúis no
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 無妄之疾勿藥有喜
無wúone without
妄wàngpretense
之zhīstill
疾jíillness
勿wùdo not
藥yàomedicate
有yǒuto attain
喜xǐhappiness
Line 6: 無妄行有眚無攸利
無wúeven
妄wàngpretense
行xíngbut
有yǒubrings about
眚shěngsuffering
無wúthis is no
攸yōua direction
利lìwith merit
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
東行避兵，南去不祥。西逐凶惡，北迎福生。與喜相逢。
Going east, one flees soldiers; going south, ill fortune. Going west, one meets malice; going north, blessings arise. Meeting joy along the way.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 25 (Innocence) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). 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.