Hexagram:Decrease →Hexagram:Great Preponderance
I-Ching Transformation
41
Decrease
Sun
Mountain / Lake
→
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 已事遄往無咎酌損之
已yǐone's (own)
事shìaffairs
遄chuán(are) rushed
往wǎngto go
無wúno
咎jiùblame
酌zhuó(but) weigh
損sǔndecreasing
之zhī(of) this
Line 3: 三人行則損一人一人行則得其友
三sānthree
人rénpeople
行xíngstart
則zé(and) then
損sǔndecrease
一yī(by) one
人rénperson
一yī(this) one
人rénperson
行xíngstarts
則zé(and) then
得définds
其qíthe
友yǒucompanion
Line 4: 損其疾使遄有喜無咎
損sǔndecreasing
其qíthese
疾jíafflictions
使shǐ(to) take(ing) control
遄chuánexpeditiously
有yǒu(and) be
喜xǐglad
無wú(this is) no
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 或益之十朋之龜弗克違元吉
或huòsomebody
益yìincreases
之zhī(to) (this) one
十shí(by) ten
朋péng(matched) pairs
之zhīof
龜guītortoise
弗fú(one) (is) not
克kèable
違wéi(of
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
Line 6: 弗損益之無咎貞吉利有攸往得臣無家
弗fú(there is) neither
損sǔn(of
益yì(nor
之zhīhere
無wú(there is) nothing
咎jiù(is) wrong
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jí(is) promising
利lìworth(while)
有yǒu(to) have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
得dé(but) (one) accept
臣chénservants
無wú(but) not
家jiāfamily
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
狐濟濡尾，求橘得枳。季妣懷悔，鮑舍魚臭。
The fox fords the stream, wetting its tail; seeking tangerines, obtaining only bitter citron. The youngest wife harbors regret; the abode of Bao reeks of fish.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 41 (Decrease) to hexagram 28 (Great Preponderance). 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.