Hexagram:Great Power →Hexagram:Splitting Apart
I-Ching Transformation
34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
→
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 壯于趾征凶有孚
壯zhuàngstrong
于yúis in
趾zhǐthe toes
征zhēngto assert
凶xiōngbodes ill
有yǒuhave
孚fútruth
Line 2: 貞吉
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 3: 小人用壯君子用罔貞厲羝羊觸藩羸其角
小xiǎothe common
人rénpeople
用yòngapply
壯zhuàngstrength
君jūnto (the) noble
子zǐyoung one
用yòngapplies
罔wǎngnets
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
羝dīthe billy
羊yánggoat
觸chù(who) butts (against)
藩fānthe hedge(row)
羸léiand entangles(ing)
其qí(by) his
角jiǎohorns
Line 4: 貞吉悔亡藩決不羸壯于大輿之輹
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
悔huǐand
亡wángpass
藩fānthe hedge(row)
決juéopens (up)
不bùwithout
羸léientanglement(s)
壯zhuàngthe power
于yúto go
大dàthe big
輿yúcart
之zhīis (with)in its
輹fùaxle strut
Line 6: 羝羊觸藩不能退不能遂無攸利艱則吉
羝dīthe billy
羊yánggoat
觸chùbutts (against)
藩fānthe hedge(row)
不bùnot
能néngable
退tuìto retreat
不bùnot
能néngable
遂suìto proceed
無wúthis is no
攸yōua direction
利lìwith merit
艱jiānbut
則zégive(s) rise to
吉jípromise
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
乘風雨橋，與鳥飛俱，一舉千里，見吾愛母。
Riding the wind on a rain bridge, soaring alongside the birds. One leap, a thousand li; I behold my beloved mother.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 34 (Great Power) to hexagram 23 (Splitting Apart). 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.