Hexagram:The Abysmal →Hexagram:Fellowship
I-Ching Transformation
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
→
13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 習坎入于坎窞凶
習xítwice
坎kǎnexposed
入rùentering
于yúinto
坎kǎnthe pit's
窞dànhidden
凶xiōngominous
Line 2: 坎有險求小得
坎kǎnthe pit
有yǒuhas
險xiǎnrisk
求qiúseek
小xiǎosmall
得dégains
Line 3: 來之坎坎險且枕入于坎窞勿用
來láicoming
之zhīand going
坎kǎnpit
坎kǎnafter pit
險xiǎnthe narrow ledge
且qiěis
枕zhěna resting place to rest
入rùto enter
于yúinto
坎kǎnthe canyon's
窞dànhidden
勿wùis
用yònguseful
Line 4: 樽酒簋貳用缶納約自牖終無咎
樽zūna jug
酒jiǔof wine
簋guǐa simple bamboo basket
貳èror two
用yòngand utensils
缶fǒuof clay
納nàhanded
約yuēsimply
自zìthrough
牖yǒuthe window
終zhōngin the end
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 係用徽纆寘于叢棘三歲不得凶
係xìbound
用yòngwith
徽huībraided
纆mòand stranded
寘zhìand put aside
于yúin
叢cónga thicket
棘jíthorny brambles
三sānfor three
歲suìyears
不bùof no
得dégain
凶xiōngis unfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
束帛玄圭，君以布德。伊呂百里，應聘輔國。
Bundled silk and dark jade tablets; the lord spreads his virtue thereby. Yi Yin, Lu Shang, Baili Xi -- answering the summons, they aided the state.
— 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 13 (Fellowship). 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.