Hexagram:Oppression →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I-Ching Transformation
47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 困于酒食朱紱方來利用享祀征凶
困kùnbeset
于yúamidst
酒jiǔwine
食shíand food
朱zhūthe scarlet
紱fúsashed nobles
方fāngsuddenly
來láiarrive
利lìworthwhile
用yòngand useful
享xiǎngto offer up
祀sìthe sacrifice + to give up this spirit
征zhēnginitiative
凶xiōngbut
Line 3: 困于石據于蒺藜入于其宮不見其妻凶
困kùnbeset
于yúby
石shístone
據jùseize
于yúupon
蒺jíthorns
藜líbrambles
入rùentering
于yúinto
其qíhis
宮gōnghouse
不bùbut not
見jiànseeing
其qíhis
妻qīwife
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 4: 來徐徐困于金車吝有終
來láiapproaching
徐xúslowly
徐xúso slowly
困kùnbeset
于yúin
金jīnmetal
車chēchariot
吝lìnbut the
有yǒuhas
終zhōngan end
Line 5: 劓刖困于赤紱乃徐有說利用祭祀
劓yìnose cut off
刖yuèand feet cut off
困kùnbeset
于yúby
赤chìthe blush
紱fúsashed ministers
乃nǎiand only then
徐xúslowly
有yǒugetting
說shuōrelief
利lìworthwhile
用yòngand useful
祭jìto give
祀sìand a
Line 6: 困于葛藟于臲卼曰動悔有悔征吉
困kùnbeset
于yúby
葛gécreeping
藟lěiand vines
于yúproceeding
臲nièunsteadiliness
卼wùand awkwardly(ness)
曰yuēand
動dòngthat action
悔huǐis
有yǒuto have
悔huǐthe regret(s)
征zhēngand expedite
吉jíis promising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
塗行破車，醜女无媒。莫適為耦，孤困獨居。
Traveling through mud, the cart breaks down; the homely woman has no matchmaker. None is found to make a pair; alone and stranded, she dwells in solitude.
— 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 52 (Keeping Still). 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.