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).

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 5: 君子維有解吉有孚于小人

君jūnnoble
子zǐyoung one
維wéiin bondage
有yǒu(still
解jiěfreedom(s)
吉jípromising
有yǒubeing
孚fútrue
于yúfor
小xiǎo(the) small
人rénones

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 →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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Related Pages

View Hexagram 40View Hexagram 53Reverse: 53 → 40

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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.