Hexagram:The Abysmal Hexagram:The Creative

I-Ching Transformation

29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 習坎入于坎窞凶

twice
kǎnexposed
entering
into
kǎnthe pit's
dànhidden
xiōngominous

Line 3: 來之坎坎險且枕入于坎窞勿用

láicoming
zhīand going
kǎnpit
kǎnafter pit
xiǎnthe narrow ledge
qiěis
zhěna resting place to rest
to enter
into
kǎnthe canyon's
dànhidden
is
yònguseful

Line 4: 樽酒簋貳用缶納約自牖終無咎

zūna jug
jiǔof wine
guǐa simple bamboo basket
èror two
yòngand utensils
fǒuof clay
handed
yuēsimply
through
yǒuthe window
zhōngin the end
no
jiùblame

Line 6: 係用徽纆寘于叢棘三歲不得凶

bound
yòngwith
huībraided
and stranded
zhìand put aside
in
cónga thicket
thorny brambles
sānfor three
suìyears
of no
gain
xiōngis unfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramWater Heavenabysmal to creative

Yilin Verse

太王為父,季歷孝友。文武聖明,仁德興起。弘張四國,載福綏厚。

The Great King was father; Jili was filial and fraternal. Wen and Wu were sagely and bright; benevolence and virtue arose. They spread their domain across four kingdoms, bearing blessings thick and enduring.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 29 (The Abysmal) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.