Hexagram:Breakthrough →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I-Ching Transformation
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 壯于前趾往不勝為咎
壯zhuàngvigorous
于yúin
前qiánadvancing
趾zhǐtoes
往wǎnggoing forward
不bùis not
勝shèngsuccessful
為wéimaking
咎jiùmistakes
Line 2: 惕號莫夜有戎勿恤
惕tìanxious
號hàoand complain
莫mòthis is not
夜yènight
有yǒuto have
戎róngwar
勿wùdo not
恤xùworry
Line 4: 臀無膚其行次且牽羊悔亡聞言不信
臀túnrump
無wúwithout
膚fūskin
其qíone's
行xíngwalking
次cìis second-rate
且qiěfor now
牽qiānin tow
羊yángas
悔huǐregrets
亡wángwill
聞wénbut to hear
言yánthis
不bùis not
信xìnto believe
Line 5: 莧陸夬夬中行無咎
莧xiànwild edible greens
陸lùon the dry land
夬guàiresolved
夬guàito purge
中zhōngto balance
行xíngthe action
無wúis not
咎jiùwrong
Line 6: 無號終有凶
無wúthere is
號hàocall
終zhōngthe end
有yǒucould
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
安上宜官，一日九遷。踰群越等，牧在常山。
Secure above, fit for office; nine promotions in a single day. Surpassing peers and leaping ranks; appointed governor at Mount Chang.
— 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 52 (Keeping Still). 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.