Hexagram:Increase Hexagram:Deliverance

I-Ching Transformation

42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 利用為大作元吉無咎

worthwhile
yòng(to be) applied? practiced? carried out?
wéi(to) effect
great
zuòworks
yuánmost
promising
no
jiùblame

Line 2: 或益之十朋之龜弗克違永貞吉王用享于帝吉

huòsomebody
increases
zhī(to) (this) one
shí(by) ten
péng(matched) pairs
zhīof
guītortoise
(one) (is) not
able
wéi(of
yǒngeverlasting
zhēnpersistence
(is) promising
wáng(a
yòngapplies
xiǎng(the) offering
to
god
promising

Line 4: 中行告公從利用為依遷國

zhōng(the) central
xíngconduct
gàoannounce
gōng(to the) prince
cóng(who) follows
worthwhile
yòng(to be) applied
wéi(to) effect
a mainstay
qiān(in) moving
guó(the) nation

Line 5: 有孚惠心勿問元吉有孚惠我德

yǒu(if
sincerity
huì(and a) kind(ly)
xīnheart
not at all
wènquestion
yuánmost
promising
yǒu(there is
sincerity
huìkind(ness)
my
virtue

Line 6: 莫益之或擊之立心勿恆凶

no one
increases
zhīthis
huòsome
strike(s)
zhīthis
(to) establish
xīnheart
not at all
héngconstancy
xiōng(is) ill-omened

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramThunder Waterarousing to abysmal

Yilin Verse

驚弓之鳥不敢棲,杯弓蛇影疑四圍。草動風聲皆是敵,奔入深林不敢歸。

A bird once startled by a bow dares not perch. A snake's shadow in the wine cup — suspicion on all sides. Every rustling grass and wind-sound is an enemy — fleeing into the deep forest, not daring to return.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 42 (Increase) to hexagram 40 (Deliverance). 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.