Hexagram:Innocence →Hexagram:The Well

I-Ching Transformation

25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
→
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

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 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 →Watercreative to abysmal
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

堯舜欽明，禹稷股肱。伊尹往來，進禮登堂。顯德之徒，可以輔王。

Yao and Shun, reverent and wise; Yu and Ji, their sturdy limbs. Yi Yin went back and forth; presenting rites, ascending the hall. Followers of illustrious virtue; able to assist the king.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 25View Hexagram 48Reverse: 48 → 25

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 25 (Innocence) to hexagram 48 (The Well). 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.