Hexagram:Innocence →Hexagram:The Receptive
I-Ching Transformation
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 無妄往吉
無wúwithout
妄wàngpretense
往wǎngto go forth
吉jíis promising
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 →Eartharousing to receptive
Yilin Verse
慈母之恩，長大無孫。消息襁褓，害不入門。
The kindly mother's grace; grown tall, yet without grandchildren. Watching over the swaddling cloth; harm does not enter the gate.
— 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 2 (The Receptive). 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.