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).

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.