Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Well

I Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire Windclinging to gentle

Yilin Verse

頭尾顛倒,不知緒處,君失其國。

Head and tail overturned; one cannot tell where the threads begin. The lord loses his kingdom.

— 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 48 (The Well). 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.