Hexagram:Progress Hexagram:The Well

I-Ching Transformation

35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 2: 晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母

jìn^ expansion
it may seem that v
chóu^ anxious
is to be
zhēnbut persistence
is promising
shòuaccept
these present
jièboundary
as (if
from
one's (own)
wánggrand-
mother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]

Line 3: 眾允悔亡

zhòngmany
yǔnpermission
huǐregret(s)
wángpass

Line 4: 晉如鼫鼠貞厲

jìnadvancing
just
shíthe squirrelly
shǔrodent
zhēnpersistence
is harsh

Line 5: 悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利

huǐregret(s)
wángpass
shīabout
and gain
are not to be
taken to heart
wǎngsimply to go
is promising
without
doubt
worthwhile

Line 6: 晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝

jìnadvancing
one's
jiǎohorns
wéilimit
yòngthis practice
to subjugate
of the home town
that harsh
is promising
is not
jiùto be blamed
zhēnbut persistence
lìnis embarrassment

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth Windreceptive to gentle

Yilin Verse

八才既登,以成善功,厖降庭堅,國无憂凶。

Eight talents all ascend; thereby achieving great merit. Pang descends, Ting Jian serves; the state knows no sorrow or misfortune.

— 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 48 (The Well). 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.