Hexagram:The Family Hexagram:Oppression

I Ching Transformation

37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Lakegentle to joyous
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

避禍逃殃,身外不傷。高貴疾顛,華落墮凶。

He flees disaster and escapes calamity; his person beyond it, unharmed. The high and noble rush headlong to ruin; splendor falls into 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 37 (The Family) to hexagram 47 (Oppression). 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.