Hexagram:The Abysmal Hexagram:Abundance

I Ching Transformation

29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

火中仲夏,鴻雁來舍,體重難移,未能高舞,君子顯名,不失其譽。

Fire in midsummer; the wild geese come to rest. Bodies heavy, hard to move; they cannot yet dance on high. The noble man makes his name known; he does not lose his repute.

— 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 55 (Abundance). 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.