Hexagram:Deliverance Hexagram:Increase

I-Ching Transformation

40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 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 4: 解而拇朋至斯孚

jiěrelease
éryour
big toe
péng(when) companion
zhìapproach
(in
trust

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 Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramWater Thunderabysmal to arousing

Yilin Verse

雞雉失雛,常畏狐狸。黃池要盟,越國以昌。

Hen and pheasant lose their brood, ever fearing the fox. At the Yellow Pool an oath is sworn; the state of Yue thereby flourishes.

— 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 42 (Increase). 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.