Hexagram:Pushing Upward →Hexagram:Biting Through
I-Ching Transformation
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
→
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
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 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 →Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
金城銕郭，上下同力。政平民親，寇不敢賊。
Walls of gold, ramparts of iron; above and below, united in strength. Governance is just, the people are loyal; bandits dare not plunder.
— 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 21 (Biting Through). 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.