Hexagram:Oppression Hexagram:Nourishment

I-Ching Transformation

47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 臀困于株木入于幽谷三歲不覿

túnwith rump
kùnbeset
by
zhūcane
of wood
entering
into
yōuthe gloomy
valley
sānfor three
suìyears
not
覿seen face to face

Line 2: 困于酒食朱紱方來利用享祀征凶

kùnbeset
amidst
jiǔwine
shíand food
zhūthe scarlet
sashed nobles
fāngsuddenly
láiarrive
worthwhile
yòngand useful
xiǎngto offer up
the sacrifice + to give up this spirit
zhēnginitiative
xiōngbut

Line 4: 來徐徐困于金車吝有終

láiapproaching
slowly
so slowly
kùnbeset
in
jīnmetal
chēchariot
lìnbut the
yǒuhas
zhōngan end

Line 5: 劓刖困于赤紱乃徐有說利用祭祀

nose cut off
yuèand feet cut off
kùnbeset
by
chìthe blush
sashed ministers
nǎiand only then
slowly
yǒugetting
shuōrelief
worthwhile
yòngand useful
to give
and a

Line 6: 困于葛藟于臲卼曰動悔有悔征吉

kùnbeset
by
creeping
lěiand vines
proceeding
nièunsteadiliness
and awkwardly(ness)
yuēand
dòngthat action
huǐis
yǒuto have
huǐthe regret(s)
zhēngand expedite
is promising

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramWater Thunderabysmal to arousing

Yilin Verse

養雞生雛,畜馬得駒。明堂太學,君子所居。

Raising chickens that hatch chicks, keeping horses that bear foals. The Hall of Light and the Grand Academy, where the virtuous man resides.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 47 (Oppression) to hexagram 27 (Nourishment). 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.