Hexagram:Progress →Hexagram:Breakthrough
I Ching Transformation
35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
→
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Lakeclinging to joyous
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
摧角不傷，雖折復長，秉德无騫，老賴榮光。
The horn is broken but not harmed; though snapped, it grows again. Holding fast to virtue without faltering; in old age, one still enjoys glory.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 35 (Progress) to hexagram 43 (Breakthrough). 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.