Hexagram:Decrease →Hexagram:Small Preponderance
I-Ching Transformation
41
Decrease
Sun
Mountain / Lake
→
62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 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 2: 利貞征凶弗損益之
利lì(it is) worthwhile
貞zhēnto persist
征zhēng(but) to expedite
凶xiōng(is) ill-omened
弗fú(there is) neither
損sǔn(of
益yì(nor
之zhīhere
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 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 →Thunderstillness to arousing
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
涸旱不雨，澤竭无流。魚鱉乾口，皇天不憂。
Parched drought without rain; the marshes dry, no water flows. Fish and turtles gasp with parched mouths; august Heaven shows no concern.
— 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 62 (Small 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.