Hexagram:Increase →Hexagram:The Caldron
I-Ching Transformation
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
→
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
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 5: 有孚惠心勿問元吉有孚惠我德
有yǒu(if
孚fúsincerity
惠huì(and a) kind(ly)
心xīnheart
勿wùnot at all
問wènquestion
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
有yǒu(there is
孚fúsincerity
惠huìkind(ness)
我wǒmy
德dévirtue
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Firegentle to clinging
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
仁德孔明，患禍不傷。期誓不至，室人衘恤。
Benevolent virtue, bright as Kongming — disaster and misfortune cause no harm. The promised one does not arrive; the household grieves in quiet sorrow.
— 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 50 (The Caldron). 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.