Hexagram:Gathering Together →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I-Ching Transformation
45
Gathering Together
Cui
Lake / Earth
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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 4: 大吉無咎
大dàmuch
吉jípromise
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 萃有位無咎匪孚元永貞悔亡
萃cuìassemble
有yǒuwith
位wèiplace
無wúno
咎jiùblameworthy
匪fěibut to be without
孚fúassurance
元yuánmeans an extremely
永yǒngprolonged
貞zhēnpersistence
悔huǐbut
亡wángwill pass
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 →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Yilin Verse
襄王叔帶，鄭人是賴。莊公卿士，皇母憂苦。
King Xiang and Shu Dai; the men of Zheng are the ones relied upon. Duke Zhuang's chief minister; the queen mother grieves in anguish.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.