Hexagram:Increase →Hexagram:Abundance
I Ching Transformation
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
→
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramThunder →Firearousing to clinging
Yilin Verse
好戰亡國，師不以律。稱上殞墜，齊侯狠戾，其被災祟。
Loving war and losing the state, the army cast off all discipline. The ruler falls from on high; the Marquis of Qi, cruel and savage, is struck by calamity and curse.
— 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 55 (Abundance). 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.