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).

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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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.