Hexagram:Gathering Together →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
45
Gathering Together
Cui
Lake / Earth
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 6).
Line 1: 有孚不終乃亂乃萃若號一握為笑勿恤往無咎
有yǒubeing
孚fútrue
不bùis not
終zhōngall
乃nǎiif first
亂luànconfused
乃nǎiand then
萃cuìgather
若ruòseeming
號hàoto call
一yīand one
握wòhelping handclasp
為wéibecomes
笑xiàolaughter
勿wùdo not
恤xùworry
往wǎnggo
無wúwithout
咎jiùguilt
Line 2: 引吉無咎孚乃利用禴
引yǐnto be led
吉jíis the promises
無wúno
咎jiùblame
孚fúbut sincerity
乃nǎiis
利lìthe real worth
用yòngin
禴yuèthe modest
Line 3: 萃如嗟如無攸利往無咎小吝
萃cuìto congregate
如rúit seems that
嗟jiēa lamentation
如rúis like
無wúthis is no
攸yōudirection
利lìwith merit
往wǎngto go
無wúis not
咎jiùblameworthy
小xiǎobut a little
吝lìnembarrassment
Line 6: 齎咨涕洟無咎
齎jīoffer up
咨zīcounsel
涕tìbut
洟yíand sniveling
無wúbut
咎jiùblame
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Heavenjoyous to creative
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
碩鼠四足，飛不上屋。顏氏淵德，未有爵祿。
The large rat has four feet, yet cannot fly up to the roof. Yan Hui possessed profound virtue, yet never received rank or salary.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 45 (Gathering Together) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.