Hexagram:Youthful Folly →Hexagram:The Creative
I Ching Transformation
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Yilin Verse
海為水王，聰聖且明。百流歸德，無有叛逆，常饒優足。
The sea is king of all waters, wise and brilliant. A hundred streams return to its virtue; none rebel or resist. Always abundant and sufficient.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly) 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.