Hexagram:Pushing Upward →Hexagram:Standstill
I-Ching Transformation
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
→
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 孚乃利用禴
孚fúsincerity
乃nǎiis
利lìthe real worth
用yòngin
禴yuèthe modest
Line 3: 升虛邑
升shēngadvancing on
虛xūempty
邑yìtown
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 →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
時凋歲霜，君子疾病。宗女无辜，鄭受其殃。
The season withers, the year brings frost; the noble lord falls ill. The daughter of the clan, blameless, yet Zheng suffers the calamity.
— 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 12 (Standstill). 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.