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).
Line 1: 藉用白茅無咎
藉jièfor
用yòngusing
白báiwhite
茅máothatch
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 枯楊生稊老夫得其女妻無不利
枯kūthe withered
楊yángpoplar
生shēngsends out
稊tía new
老lǎothe old
夫fūgentleman
得définds
其qíhis own
女nǚa maiden
妻qīcompanion
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 3: 棟橈凶
棟dòngthe ridgepole
橈náois deformed
凶xiōngominous
Line 5: 枯楊生華老婦得其士夫無咎無譽
枯kūthe withered
楊yángpoplar
生shēngsends out
華huáflowers
老lǎothe old
婦fùwoman
得définds
其qíher own
士shìa young gentleman
夫fūas husband
無wúno
咎jiùto blame
無wúno
譽yùto praise
Line 6: 過涉滅頂凶無咎
過guòtoo much of
涉shèto crossing
滅miècovering
頂dǐngone's head
凶xiōngunfortunate
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
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.