Hexagram:Great Preponderance Hexagram:Increase

I-Ching Transformation

28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 藉用白茅無咎

jièfor
yòngusing
báiwhite
máothatch
no
jiùblame

Line 2: 枯楊生稊老夫得其女妻無不利

the withered
yángpoplar
shēngsends out
a new
lǎothe old
gentleman
finds
his own
a maiden
companion
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 3: 棟橈凶

dòngthe ridgepole
náois deformed
xiōngominous

Line 4: 棟隆吉有它吝

dòngthe ridgepole
lóngholds
promising
yǒuif it
tuōany
lìnthen inadequacy

Line 6: 過涉滅頂凶無咎

guòtoo much of
shèto crossing
miècovering
dǐngone's head
xiōngunfortunate
but no
jiùblame

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing

Yilin Verse

太微復明,說升傅巖。乃稱高室,疾在頭頸。和不能生,滅其令名。

Taiwei shines bright again; Yue ascends from Fuyan. Thus he is called to the high chamber; yet illness lodges in head and neck. Harmony cannot bring life; his illustrious name is extinguished.

— 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 42 (Increase). 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.