Hexagram:Great Power Hexagram:Increase

I-Ching Transformation

34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 2: 貞吉

zhēnpersistence
is promising

Line 3: 小人用壯君子用罔貞厲羝羊觸藩羸其角

xiǎothe common
rénpeople
yòngapply
zhuàngstrength
jūnto (the) noble
young one
yòngapplies
wǎngnets
zhēnpersistence
is difficult
the billy
yánggoat
chù(who) butts (against)
fānthe hedge(row)
léiand entangles(ing)
(by) his
jiǎohorns

Line 4: 貞吉悔亡藩決不羸壯于大輿之輹

zhēnpersistence
is promising
huǐand
wángpass
fānthe hedge(row)
juéopens (up)
without
léientanglement(s)
zhuàngthe power
to go
the big
輿cart
zhīis (with)in its
axle strut

Line 5: 喪羊于易無悔

sànglosing
yángthe goat
in
the exchange
no
huǐregret(s)

Line 6: 羝羊觸藩不能退不能遂無攸利艱則吉

the billy
yánggoat
chùbutts (against)
fānthe hedge(row)
not
néngable
退tuìto retreat
not
néngable
suìto proceed
this is no
yōua direction
with merit
jiānbut
give(s) rise to
promise

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing

Yilin Verse

太姒之孫,周文九子,咸遂受成,寵貴富有。

The grandsons of Tai Si, the nine sons of King Wen of Zhou; all accomplished and received their patrimony, favored, noble, and wealthy.

— 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 42 (Increase). 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.