Hexagram:The Abysmal →Hexagram:Great Possession

I-Ching Transformation

29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
→
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 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 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 5: 坎不盈祗既平無咎

坎kǎnthe pit
不bùis not
盈yíngoverly full
祗zhīto respect
既jìattained
平píngits level
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 →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative

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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Related Pages

View Hexagram 29View Hexagram 14Reverse: 14 → 29

About This Page

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.