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).
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.