Hexagram:Great Taming Hexagram:Influence

I-Ching Transformation

26
Great Taming
Da Chu
Mountain / Heaven
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 6: 何天之衢亨

what
tiānheaven
zhī...'s
way
hēngthrough fulfillment

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

櫜戢甲兵,歸放馬牛。徑路開通,國無凶憂。朽墻不鑿,疾病難治。

Weapons sheathed and armor stored; horses and cattle released and set free. Roads and paths are opened; the state has no dire worry. Yet the crumbling wall is not repaired; illness is hard to cure.

— 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 31 (Influence). 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.