Hexagram:Innocence →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I-Ching Transformation
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 無妄往吉
無wúwithout
妄wàngpretense
往wǎngto go forth
吉jíis promising
Line 2: 不耕穫不菑畬則利有攸往
不bùwhen
耕gēngploughing
穫huòto
不bùand when
菑zīclearing
畬yúin
則zéthen
利lìworthwhile
有yǒuto have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
驂駕蹇驢，日暮失時。居者無憂，保我樂娛。
Harnessing a lame donkey to the cart; daylight fades, the hour is lost. Those who stay at home have no worry; they keep their ease and pleasure.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.