Hexagram:The Well →Hexagram:Treading
I-Ching Transformation
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
→
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 井泥不食舊井無禽
井jǐngthe well('s)
泥nímud
不bùis not
食shíconsumed
舊jiùthe old
井jǐngwell
無wúwith
禽qínto hunt for
Line 3: 井渫不食為我心惻可用汲王明並受其福
井jǐngthe well is
渫xièturbid
不bùbut nothing
食shíis consumed
為wéimaking
我wǒour
心xīnheart(s)
惻cèsad
可kěit is suitable
用yòngto use
汲jíand to draw
王wángwere the sovereign
明míngmade clear
並bìngall
受shòureceive
其qíin
福fúenrichment
Line 4: 井甃無咎
井jǐngthe well is being
甃zhòure- lined
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 井收勿幕有孚元吉
井jǐngas
收shōucomes in
勿wùdo not
幕mùcover
有yǒubeing
孚fútrue
元yuánis most
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramWind →Lakegentle to joyous
Yilin Verse
汲水眾手，繩痕刻石。井深不竭，分潤四鄰。
Many hands draw water, rope-marks carved into stone. The well is deep and inexhaustible, sharing its moisture with four neighbors.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 48 (The Well) to hexagram 10 (Treading). 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.