Hexagram:Great Preponderance →Hexagram:Biting Through
I Ching Transformation
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
→
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Firejoyous to clinging
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
牧羊稻園，聞虎喧讙。危懼喘息，終無禍患。
Herding sheep in the rice garden; the tiger’s roar is heard. Fearful, gasping for breath; in the end there is no calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 28 (Great Preponderance) to hexagram 21 (Biting Through). 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.