Hexagram:Great Preponderance Hexagram:The Joyous

I Ching Transformation

28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Lake
Lower TrigramWind Lakegentle to joyous

Yilin Verse

栵潔縲縲,結締難解。嫫母衒嫁,媒不得坐,自為身禍。

Thorns tangled, cords knotted; tied tight and hard to loosen. Momo hawks herself for marriage; the matchmaker cannot even sit. She brings disaster on herself.

— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.