Hexagram:Obstruction →Hexagram:The Creative

I Ching Transformation

39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative

Yilin Verse

叔盻拘冤，祁子自邑。乘遽解患，羊舌免脫，賴得全生。

Shu Xi was held in false imprisonment; Qi Zi fled from his own city. Mounting a courier horse to escape disaster; Yang She slipped free, and was fortunate to survive.

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

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 39View Hexagram 1Reverse: 1 → 39

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 39 (Obstruction) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.