Hexagram:Great Power Hexagram:Development

I-Ching Transformation

34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 壯于趾征凶有孚

zhuàngstrong
is in
zhǐthe toes
zhēngto assert
xiōngbodes ill
yǒuhave
truth

Line 2: 貞吉

zhēnpersistence
is promising

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 Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

陽氏狂惑,季孫亂憒,陪臣執政,平子拘折,我心不快。

The Yang clan is wild and deluded; the Ji Sun house is in turmoil and confusion. The household minister seizes power; Ping Zi is constrained and broken. My heart is not at ease.

— 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 53 (Development). 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.