Hexagram:Oppression Hexagram:The Family

I Ching Transformation

47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

舉翅攄翼,跂望南國。延頸卻縮,未有所得。

Lifting wings and spreading pinions, gazing expectantly toward the southern land. Stretching the neck then drawing back; nothing yet obtained.

— 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 37 (The Family). 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.