Hexagram:Opposition →Hexagram:The Well
I-Ching Transformation
38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
→
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 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 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 5: 悔亡厥宗噬膚往何咎
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
厥juéits
宗zōngkind
噬shìeat
膚fū(soft
往wǎng(in) going
何héwhere is
咎jiù(the) blame
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 →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
井堙木刊，國多暴殘。秦王失戍，壞其太壇。
The well is choked, the trees are felled; the state is full of violence and ruin. The King of Qin lost his garrison; his great altar was destroyed.
— 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 48 (The Well). 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.