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).

Line 1: 有厲利已

yǒuthis
hardship
worthwhile
to desist

Line 2: 輿說輹

輿the carriage
shuōis relieved
its axle strut

Line 3: 良馬逐利艱貞日閑輿衛利有攸往

liánga fine
horse
zhúgives chase
worth
jiāndifficult
zhēnpersistence
daily
xiántraining
輿in
wèiand
worthwhile
yǒuto have
yōusomewhere
wǎngto go

Line 4: 童牛之牿元吉

tóngthe young
niúbull
zhī...'s
a pen
yuánmost
promising

Line 5: 豶豕之牙吉

fénthe gelded
shǐboar
zhī...'s
tusks
promising

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.