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).
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 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
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.