Hexagram:Breakthrough →Hexagram:Contemplation
I Ching Transformation
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
→
20
Contemplation
Guan
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
疾貧望仕，使伯南販。開牢擇羊，多得大䍧。
Sick with poverty, longing for office; the elder uncle is sent south to trade. Opening the pen to select sheep, he gains many fine large rams.
— 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 20 (Contemplation). 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.