Hexagram:Increase Hexagram:Pushing Upward

I Ching Transformation

42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

諷德誦功,美周盛隆。加其旦輔,光濟沖人。

Reciting virtue and chanting merit, praising the splendor of Zhou. Adding a dawn minister to aid and illumine the young sovereign.

— 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 46 (Pushing Upward). 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.