Hexagram:Deliverance →Hexagram:Small Taming
I-Ching Transformation
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 無咎
無wúno
咎jiùblame
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 →Heavenabysmal to creative
Yilin Verse
福棄我走，利不可得。幽人利貞，終无怨慝。
Fortune abandons me and flees; profit cannot be obtained. The recluse holds to what is right, and in the end bears no resentment or blame.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.