Hexagram:Deliverance Hexagram:Development

I Ching Transformation

40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramWater Mountainabysmal to stillness

Yilin Verse

一年九鎖,更相牽攣。案明如市,不得東西。請讞得報,日中被刑。

Nine locks in a single year, each pulling and binding the next. The case laid bare as in a marketplace, no freedom east or west. The plea is submitted and the verdict returned; at midday the sentence falls.

— 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 53 (Development). 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.