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).
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.