Hexagram:The Abysmal →Hexagram:The Wanderer
I-Ching Transformation
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
→
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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
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 →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
北行出門，履陷躓顛，踒足據塗，污我襦袴。
Going north, stepping out the door; the foot sinks, one stumbles and falls. Twisting the ankle, sprawled in the mud; it soils my jacket and trousers.
— 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.