Hexagram:Deliverance →Hexagram:Grace

I-Ching Transformation

40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
→
22
Grace
Bi
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Line 1: 無咎

無wúno
咎jiùblame

Line 2: 田獲三狐得黃矢貞吉

田tián(in) (a
獲huò(and) take
三sānthree
狐húfoxes
得déearn
黃huángthe golden
矢shǐarrow(s)
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising

Line 3: 負且乘致寇至吝

負fùshouldering
且qiěwhile
乘chéngmounted
致zhìinviting
寇kòuthieves
至zhìto approach
貞zhēnpersistence
吝lìn(is) embarrassing

Line 4: 解而拇朋至斯孚

解jiěrelease
而éryour
拇mǔbig toe
朋péng(when) companion
至zhìapproach
斯sī(in
孚fútrust

Line 6: 公用射隼于高墉之上獲之無不利

公gōng(the) duke
用yòngtakes
射shè(his) aim at
隼sǔn(a
于yúup on
高gāo(a
墉yōngbattlement
之zhī...'s
上shàngpeak
獲huò(to) succeed(ing)
之zhī(is) here
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

經棘正冠，意盈不廉。桀紂迷惑，讒佞傷賢，使國亂煩。

Passing through thorns to straighten his cap, full of desire and lacking restraint. Jie and Zhou, lost in delusion; slanderers and flatterers harm the worthy, throwing the state into turmoil.

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

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 40View Hexagram 22Reverse: 22 → 40

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 40 (Deliverance) to hexagram 22 (Grace). 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.