Hexagram:Pushing Upward Hexagram:Innocence

I-Ching Transformation

46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 允升大吉

yǔnwelcome
shēngadvance
much
promise

Line 2: 孚乃利用禴

sincerity
nǎiis
the real worth
yòngin
yuèthe modest

Line 3: 升虛邑

shēngadvancing on
empty
town

Line 4: 王用亨于岐山吉無咎

wángthe sovereign
yòngwill make
hēngoffering(s)
to
Split
shānMountain
promising
not(hing) (is)
jiùwrong

Line 5: 貞吉升階

zhēnpersistence
promising
shēngthe advance
jiēby in steps

Line 6: 冥升利于不息之貞

míngthe blind
shēngadvance
worthwhile
to
not being
laxity
zhīin
zhēnpersistence

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing

Yilin Verse

介紹微子,使君不殆。二國合歡,燕齊以安。

Introducing and presenting the Viscount of Wei, he keeps the lord from peril. The two states join in harmony; Yan and Qi find peace.

— 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 25 (Innocence). 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.