Hexagram:Nourishment Hexagram:Great Preponderance

I Ching Transformation

27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

六龍俱怒,戰於阪下。倉黃不勝,旅人難苦。

Six dragons rage together; they battle at the foot of the slope. In haste they cannot prevail; the traveler suffers hardship and distress.

— 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 28 (Great Preponderance). 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.