Hexagram:Nourishment →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 2: 顛頤拂經于丘頤征凶
顛diānabnormal
頤yíappetite
拂fúdismiss
經jīngthe norms
于yúand going to
丘qiūthe hilltops
頤yíwith hungry mouth
征zhēngpressing
凶xiōngis misfortune
Line 3: 拂頤貞凶十年勿用無攸利
拂fúdismissing
頤yíthe hungry mouth
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngis unfortunate
十shífor ten
年niányears
勿wùnot to be
用yònguseful
無wúthis is no
攸yōua direction
利lìwith merit
Line 4: 顛頤吉虎視眈眈其欲逐逐無咎
顛diānabnormal
頤yíappetite
吉jíis promising
虎hǔthe tiger
視shìlooks
眈dānstaring
眈dānand staring
其qíwith its own
欲yùpassion
逐zhúis to hunt
逐zhúand give chase
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 拂經居貞吉不可涉大川
拂fúdismissing
經jīngthe norms
居jūto practice
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
不bùbut one is not
可kěsuited
涉shèto
大dàthe great
川chuānstream
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramThunder →Heavenarousing to creative
Yilin Verse
思初道古，哀吟無輔。陽明不制，上失其所。
Pondering beginnings, tracing antiquity; mournful chanting, without support. The bright yang cannot restrain; the superior loses his proper place.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 27 (Nourishment) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.