Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Abysmal

I Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

被綉夜行,不見文章,安坐玉堂,乃無咎殃,長子帥師,得其正常。

Wearing brocade, walking by night; the fine patterns go unseen. Sitting calmly in the jade hall; thus there is no blame or misfortune. The eldest son leads the army; he achieves proper order.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 30 (The Clinging) to hexagram 29 (The Abysmal). 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.