Hexagram:Opposition →Hexagram:Modesty

I-Ching Transformation

Opposition

Kui

Fire / Lake

→

Modesty

Qian

Earth / Mountain

Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 悔亡喪馬勿逐自復見惡人無咎

悔huǐregret(s)

亡wángpass

喪sàng(a

馬mǎhorse

勿wùdo not

逐zhú(be) pursue

自zì(and) of

復fù(it) returns

見jiàn(to

惡è(the) evil

人rén(in) people

無wúis not

咎jiùto blame

Line 2: 遇主于巷無咎

遇yùmeeting (with)

主zhǔ(a

于yúin

巷xiàngalley

無wúno

咎jiùblame

Line 3: 見輿曳其牛掣其人天且劓無初有終

見jiànseeing

輿yú(a

曳yì(being) held up

其qíits

牛niúoxen

掣chèhindered

其qíits

人rénoccupant's

天tiānhead shaved (bald to heaven)

且qiěand (even

劓yì(his

無wúregardless of

初chū(a

有yǒu(but) there is

終zhōng(a

Line 4: 睽孤遇元夫交孚厲無咎

睽kuíestranged

孤gū(and) (all) alone

遇yùmeet

元yuán(a

夫fū(gentle)man

交jiāoexchange

孚fú(in

厲lì(the) difficulty

無wú(is) not

咎jiù(a) wrong(ness)

Line 6: 睽孤見豕負塗載鬼一車先張之弧後說之弧匪寇婚媾往遇雨則吉

睽kuíestranged

孤gū(and) (all) alone

見jiànseeing

豕shǐ(a) pig

負fùcovered

塗túfilth

載zàihaul

鬼guǐdemons

一yī(and

車chēwagon

先xiān(at) first

張zhāngstretch

之zhīhis

弧hú(long)bow

後hòu(and

說shuōrelaxing

之zhīhis

弧hú(long)bow

匪fěiit

寇kòu(a

婚hūn(but) (a) marital

媾gòusuitor

往wǎngin going

遇yùgreet

雨yǔ(the) rain

則zé(and

吉jípromising

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.