Hexagram:The Family →Hexagram:Deliverance
I Ching Transformation
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
→
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
西賈巴蜀，寒雪至轂。欲前不得，復反其室。
Trading westward in Ba and Shu, cold snow reaches the axle hub. He cannot press forward; he turns back to his house.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 37 (The Family) to hexagram 40 (Deliverance). 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.