Hexagram:Nourishment Hexagram:Oppression

I Ching Transformation

27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramThunder Waterarousing to abysmal

Yilin Verse

遠視目盻,臨深苦眩。不離越都,旅人留連。

Gazing afar, the eyes strain; looking down into the deep, bitter dizziness. Unable to leave the capital of Yue; the traveler lingers on, reluctant to depart.

— 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 47 (Oppression). 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.