Hexagram:The Abysmal →Hexagram:Great Possession
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
棘鉤我襦，為絆所拘，靈巫拜禱，禍不成災。東山之邑，中有土服，可以饒飽。
Thorns hook my jacket; I am caught and held. The spirit shaman bows and prays; disaster does not become calamity. In the town east of the mountain, there is fertile earth; it can provide abundance.
— 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 14 (Great Possession). 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.