Hexagram:Breakthrough →Hexagram:Modesty
I Ching Transformation
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
→
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
田鼠野雛，意常欲去。拘制籠檻，不得搖動。
The field mouse and the wild chick, their hearts always yearning to flee. Confined in cage and pen, they cannot stir or move.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 43 (Breakthrough) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). 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.