Hexagram:Progress →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
三嬴六罷，不能越跪，東賈失馬，往反勞苦。
Three wins and six defeats; unable even to kneel upright. The eastern merchant loses his horse; going and returning, nothing but toil and hardship.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.