Hexagram:Great Power →Hexagram:Holding Together

I-Ching Transformation

34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

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 5: 喪羊于易無悔

喪sànglosing
羊yángthe goat
于yúin
易yìthe exchange
無wúno
悔huǐregret(s)

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

明夷兆初，三日為災，以讒後歸，名曰豎牛，剝亂叔孫，餒卒虛丘。

Brightness wounded at its beginning; for three days disaster reigns. By slander he returns at last, named Shu Niu; he undoes the Shusun clan, starving to death at the empty mound.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 34View Hexagram 8Reverse: 8 → 34

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 34 (Great Power) to hexagram 8 (Holding Together). 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.