Hexagram:Progress Hexagram:Waiting

I Ching Transformation

35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

前涉溽暑,解不可取,離河三里,敗我利市,老牛病馬,去之何悔?

Wading forward through sweltering heat; relief cannot be seized. Three li from the river; my profitable market is ruined. An old ox, a sick horse — what regret in letting them go?

— 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 5 (Waiting). 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.