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).
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.