Hexagram:Duration →Hexagram:Contemplation
I-Ching Transformation
32
Duration
Heng
Thunder / Wind
→
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 悔亡
悔huǐregrets
亡wángpass
Line 3: 不恆其德或承之羞貞吝
不bùlacking
恆héngcontinuity
其qíin
德décharacter
或huòperhaps
承chéngaccept
之zhīin
羞xiūunworthiness
貞zhēnto persist
吝lìnis embarrassment
Line 4: 田無禽
田tiánthe field
無wúis nothing without
禽qíngame
Line 5: 恆其德貞婦人吉夫子凶
恆héngcontinuity
其qíin
德décharacter
貞zhēnis
婦fùfor a
人rénmaturity
吉jíis promising
夫fūfor a
子zǐyouth
凶xiōngis
Line 6: 振恆凶
振zhènexcited
恆héngcontinuously
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
然諾不行，欺天誤人，使我靈宿，夜歸溫室。
Promises made but not kept; deceiving heaven, misleading men. It sends my spirit to wander in the night; returning to the warm chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 32 (Duration) to hexagram 20 (Contemplation). 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.