Hexagram:Pushing Upward →Hexagram:The Creative
I-Ching Transformation
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 允升大吉
允yǔnwelcome
升shēngadvance
大dàmuch
吉jípromise
Line 4: 王用亨于岐山吉無咎
王wángthe sovereign
用yòngwill make
亨hēngoffering(s)
于yúto
岐qíSplit
山shānMountain
吉jípromising
無wúnot(hing) (is)
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 貞吉升階
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
升shēngthe advance
階jiēby in steps
Line 6: 冥升利于不息之貞
冥míngthe blind
升shēngadvance
利lìworthwhile
于yúto
不bùnot being
息xīlaxity
之zhīin
貞zhēnpersistence
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind →Heavengentle to creative
Yilin Verse
白鹿鳴呦，呼其老小。喜彼茂草，樂我君子。
The white deer cries out; it calls to its old and young. Rejoicing in those lush grasses, delighting our noble lord.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 46 (Pushing Upward) 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.