Hexagram:Youthful Folly →Hexagram:Following
I Ching Transformation
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
→
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
猿墮高木，不踒手足。還歸其室，保我金玉。
The ape falls from a tall tree, yet does not break hand or foot. It returns to its den and keeps safe my gold and jade.
— 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 17 (Following). 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.