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).
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.