Hexagram:Nourishment →Hexagram:The Well
I-Ching Transformation
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
→
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 舍爾靈龜觀我朵頤凶
舍shěforsake
爾ěryour
靈língspirit
龜guītortoise
觀guānand
我wǒme
朵duǒhanging open
頤yíwith hungry mouth
凶xiōngunfortunate
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 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
Line 6: 由頤厲吉利涉大川
由yóuat
頤yíthe appetites
厲lìdistress
吉jíbut promising
利lìit is worthwhile
涉shèto cross
大dàthe great
川chuānstream
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
終風東西，散渙四方。終日至暮，不見子懽。
The ceaseless wind blows east and west; scattering and dispersing in all four directions. From daybreak through to dusk; the child joy is not to be seen.
— 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 48 (The Well). 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.