Hexagram:Breakthrough Hexagram:Splitting Apart

I Ching Transformation

43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

隨時春草,舊枝葉起。扶踈條桃,長大美盛,華沃鑠舒。

Spring grass follows the season; old branches put forth new leaves. The peach tree spreads its luxuriant boughs, growing tall, splendid, and grand; its blossoms rich and resplendent.

— 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 23 (Splitting Apart). 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.