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).

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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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.