Hexagram:Opposition Hexagram:Modesty

I Ching Transformation

38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

異體殊俗,各有所屬。西鄰孤嫗,欲寄我室。主母罵詈,終不可得。

Different forms, foreign customs; each belongs to a separate kind. The old widow from the west quarter wished to lodge in my house. The matron cursed and scolded; in the end it could not be.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 38 (Opposition) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). 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.