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).

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.