Hexagram:Progress →Hexagram:Limitation
I-Ching Transformation
35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
→
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕無咎
晉jìn^expansion
如rúit may seem that v
摧cuī^ overwhelmed
如rúis to be
貞zhēnbut persistence
吉jíis promising
罔wǎnguse wits
孚fúfor trust
裕yùand be tolerant
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母
晉jìn^ expansion
如rúit may seem that v
愁chóu^ anxious
如rúis to be
貞zhēnbut persistence
吉jíis promising
受shòuaccept
茲zīthese present
介jièboundary
福fúas (if
于yúfrom
其qíone's (own)
王wánggrand-
母mǔmother [i.e. graciously and gratefully]
Line 4: 晉如鼫鼠貞厲
晉jìnadvancing
如rújust
鼫shíthe squirrelly
鼠shǔrodent
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis harsh
Line 5: 悔亡失得勿恤往吉無不利
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
失shīabout
得déand gain
勿wùare not to be
恤xùtaken to heart
往wǎngsimply to go
吉jíis promising
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 6: 晉其角維用伐邑厲吉無咎貞吝
晉jìnadvancing
其qíone's
角jiǎohorns
維wéilimit
用yòngthis practice
伐fāto subjugate
邑yìof the home town
厲lìthat harsh
吉jíis promising
無wúis not
咎jiùto be blamed
貞zhēnbut persistence
吝lìnis embarrassment
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
重載傷車，婦失无夫，三十不室，獨坐空廬。
A heavy load breaks the cart; the wife is lost, without a husband. At thirty, still no household; sitting alone in an empty hut.
— 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 60 (Limitation). 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.