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).
Line 1: 發蒙利用刑人用說桎梏以往吝
發fāeducating
蒙méngthe inexperienced
利lìworthwhile
用yòngand useful
刑xíngto sanction
人rénanother
用yòngif used
說shuōto remove
桎zhìshackles
梏gùhandcuffs
以yǐbut for this
往wǎngto continue
吝lìndisgrace
Line 2: 包蒙吉納婦吉子克家
包bāoincluding
蒙méngthe inexperienced
吉jípromising
納nàaccepting
婦fùwoman
吉jípromising
子zǐyoung one
克kècan manage
家jiāfamily
Line 4: 困蒙吝
困kùnsurrounded
蒙méngimmaturity
吝lìnembarrassment
Line 5: 童蒙吉
童tóngyoung
蒙ménginexperienced
吉jípromising
Line 6: 擊蒙不利為寇利禦寇
擊jīstriking
蒙ménginexperience
不bùnot
利lìworthwhile
為wéito be
寇kòuassailant
利lìworthwhile
禦yùto defend against
寇kòuassailant
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.