Hexagram:Duration Hexagram:Nourishment

I-Ching Transformation

32
Duration
Heng
Thunder / Wind
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 浚恆貞凶無攸利

jùndig
héngfor
zhēnpersistence
xiōngis disappointing
this is no
yōua direction
with merit

Line 2: 悔亡

huǐregrets
wángpass

Line 3: 不恆其德或承之羞貞吝

lacking
héngcontinuity
in
character
huòperhaps
chéngaccept
zhīin
xiūunworthiness
zhēnto persist
lìnis embarrassment

Line 4: 田無禽

tiánthe field
is nothing without
qíngame

Line 6: 振恆凶

zhènexcited
héngcontinuously
xiōngunfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing

Yilin Verse

南過棘門,鉤裂我冠,鬭之傷襦,使君恨憂。

Passing south through the thorn gate; hooks tear my cap. Struggling through, the jacket rips; it leaves the lord in grievous worry.

— 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 27 (Nourishment). 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.