Hexagram:Obstruction →Hexagram:Decrease
I-Ching Transformation
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
→
41
Decrease
Sun
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 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 3: 往蹇來反
往wǎng(if
蹇jiǎn(is) impassable
來lái(then) coming (back)
反fǎnturning around
Line 5: 大蹇朋來
大dà(at) (a) major
蹇jiǎnimpasse
朋péngcompanions
來láicome
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 →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
脫兔无蹄，三步五罷。南行不進，後市身苦。
A fleeing rabbit with no hooves; three steps and five collapses. Going south it cannot advance; its body suffers at the latter market.
— 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 41 (Decrease). 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.