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).

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.