Hexagram:Deliverance Hexagram:Fellowship

I-Ching Transformation

40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Line 1: 無咎

no
jiùblame

Line 2: 田獲三狐得黃矢貞吉

tián(in) (a
huò(and) take
sānthree
foxes
earn
huángthe golden
shǐarrow(s)
zhēnpersistence
promising

Line 3: 負且乘致寇至吝

shouldering
qiěwhile
chéngmounted
zhìinviting
kòuthieves
zhìto approach
zhēnpersistence
lìn(is) embarrassing

Line 5: 君子維有解吉有孚于小人

jūnnoble
young one
wéiin bondage
yǒu(still
jiěfreedom(s)
promising
yǒubeing
true
for
xiǎo(the) small
rénones

Line 6: 公用射隼于高墉之上獲之無不利

gōng(the) duke
yòngtakes
shè(his) aim at
sǔn(a
up on
gāo(a
yōngbattlement
zhī...'s
shàngpeak
huò(to) succeed(ing)
zhī(is) here
without
doubt
worthwhile

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Heavenarousing to creative
Lower TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

鳴鸞四牡,駕出行狩。合格有獲,獻公飲酒。

Ringing bells on four stallions, the chariot drives out for the hunt. Beaters close the net with a catch; the duke is presented wine to drink.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 40 (Deliverance) to hexagram 13 (Fellowship). 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.