Hexagram:Great Taming →Hexagram:Following
I-Ching Transformation
26
Great Taming
Da Chu
Mountain / Heaven
→
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 輿說輹
輿yúthe carriage
說shuōis relieved
輹fùits axle strut
Line 3: 良馬逐利艱貞日閑輿衛利有攸往
良liánga fine
馬mǎhorse
逐zhúgives chase
利lìworth
艱jiāndifficult
貞zhēnpersistence
日rìdaily
閑xiántraining
輿yúin
衛wèiand
利lìworthwhile
有yǒuto have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
Line 4: 童牛之牿元吉
童tóngthe young
牛niúbull
之zhī...'s
牿gùa pen
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
Line 5: 豶豕之牙吉
豶fénthe gelded
豕shǐboar
之zhī...'s
牙yátusks
吉jípromising
Line 6: 何天之衢亨
何héwhat
天tiānheaven
之zhī...'s
衢qúway
亨hēngthrough fulfillment
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
嫗妬公姥，毀益亂賴。使我家憒，利得不遂。
The wife resents the mother-in-law; slander and spite throw all into disorder. She makes our household a shambles; gain and profit cannot be had.
— 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 17 (Following). 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.