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).
Line 1: 往蹇來譽
往wǎng(if
蹇jiǎn(is) impassable
來lái(then) coming (back)
譽yùpraise(worthy)
Line 2: 王臣蹇蹇匪躬之故
王wáng(a
臣chénminister
蹇jiǎn(is
蹇jiǎn(and) interrupted
匪fěi(but
躬gōnga person
之zhīone ...'s
故gùcause
Line 4: 往蹇來連
往wǎng(if
蹇jiǎn(is) impassable
來lái(then) coming (back)
連liánalliance(s)
Line 6: 往蹇來碩吉
往wǎng(if
蹇jiǎn(is) impassable
來lái(then) coming (back)
碩shuòripeness
吉jípromising
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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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.