Hexagram:Decrease →Hexagram:Holding Together
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
大虵當路，使季畏懼。湯火之災，切直我膚。賴其天幸，歸于生廬。
A great serpent blocks the road, filling the youngest with dread. Calamity of boiling water and fire, searing my very flesh. Relying on heaven's fortune, returning to my living home.
— 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 8 (Holding Together). 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.