Hexagram:Great Taming Hexagram:Enthusiasm

I-Ching Transformation

26
Great Taming
Da Chu
Mountain / Heaven
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

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 6: 何天之衢亨

what
tiānheaven
zhī...'s
way
hēngthrough fulfillment

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Thunderstillness to arousing
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

道禮和德,仁不相賊。君子往之,樂有其利。

The Way, ritual, harmony, and virtue; benevolence does not harm. The noble man goes forth in this; he delights in its rewards.

— 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 16 (Enthusiasm). 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.