Hexagram:Pushing Upward →Hexagram:Following
I-Ching Transformation
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
→
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 允升大吉
允yǔnwelcome
升shēngadvance
大dàmuch
吉jípromise
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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
久陰霖雨，塗行泥潦。商人休止，市空无有。
Long rains of yin and gloom; the roads run thick with mud. The merchants cease their trade; the market stands empty, with nothing to be had.
— 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 17 (Following). 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.