Hexagram:Increase →Hexagram:Great Preponderance

I-Ching Transformation

42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
→
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Line 1: 利用為大作元吉無咎

利lìworthwhile
用yòng(to be) applied? practiced? carried out?
為wéi(to) effect
大dàgreat
作zuòworks
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
無wúno
咎jiùblame

Line 2: 或益之十朋之龜弗克違永貞吉王用享于帝吉

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
永yǒngeverlasting
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jí(is) promising
王wáng(a
用yòngapplies
享xiǎng(the) offering
于yúto
帝dìgod
吉jípromising

Line 3: 益之用凶事無咎有孚中行告公用圭

益yìincrease(ing)
之zhīis that of
用yòng(the) way
凶xiōngill-omened
事shìevents
無wúno
咎jiùblame
有yǒu(if
孚fúsincerity
中zhōng(the) central
行xíngconduct
告gàoannounce
公gōng(to the) prince
用yòng(one) uses
圭guī(a) jade tablet

Line 4: 中行告公從利用為依遷國

中zhōng(the) central
行xíngconduct
告gàoannounce
公gōng(to the) prince
從cóng(who) follows
利lìworthwhile
用yòng(to be) applied
為wéi(to) effect
依yīa mainstay
遷qiān(in) moving
國guó(the) nation

Line 6: 莫益之或擊之立心勿恆凶

莫mòno one
益yìincreases
之zhīthis
或huòsome
擊jīstrike(s)
之zhīthis
立lì(to) establish
心xīnheart
勿wùnot at all
恆héngconstancy
凶xiōng(is) ill-omened

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind →Lakegentle to joyous
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

堅冰黃鳥，常哀悲愁。不見白粒，但覩藜蒿。數驚鷙鳥，飄為我憂。

Hard ice and a yellow bird, forever wailing in sorrow. No white grain to be seen, only goosefoot and wormwood. Startled again and again by hunting hawks, drifting, a source of endless worry.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 42View Hexagram 28Reverse: 28 → 42

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 42 (Increase) 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.