Hexagram:Pushing Upward →Hexagram:Increase
I-Ching Transformation
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
→
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 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 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 →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
登木出淵，稍上升天。明德孔聖，白日載榮。
Climbing the tree, emerging from the depths; step by step ascending toward heaven. Bright virtue, most sagely and holy; the white sun bears all into glory.
— 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 42 (Increase). 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.