Hexagram:Great Taming Hexagram:Standstill

I Ching Transformation

26
Great Taming
Da Chu
Mountain / Heaven
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

麟鳳執獲,陰雄失職。自衛反魯,猥昧不起。祿福訖已。

Qilin and phoenix are seized and captured; the male hero loses his office. From Wei he returns to Lu; humbled and dim, he does not rise again. Rank and blessing come to their end.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 26 (Great Taming) to hexagram 12 (Standstill). 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.