Hexagram:The Well Hexagram:Innocence

I-Ching Transformation

48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 井泥不食舊井無禽

jǐngthe well('s)
mud
is not
shíconsumed
jiùthe old
jǐngwell
with
qínto hunt for

Line 2: 井谷射鮒甕敝漏

jǐngthe well
is empty
shèaim
the fish
wèngits earthen bucket
is cracked
lòuand leaking

Line 3: 井渫不食為我心惻可用汲王明並受其福

jǐngthe well is
xièturbid
but nothing
shíis consumed
wéimaking
our
xīnheart(s)
sad
it is suitable
yòngto use
and to draw
wángwere the sovereign
míngmade clear
bìngall
shòureceive
in
enrichment

Line 4: 井甃無咎

jǐngthe well is being
zhòure- lined
no
jiùblame

Line 6: 井收勿幕有孚元吉

jǐngas
shōucomes in
do not
cover
yǒubeing
true
yuánis most
promising

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing

Yilin Verse

少康興起,誅澆復祖。微滅復明,大禹享祀。

Shaokang arose; he punished Jiao and restored his ancestor's line. What was dimmed was made bright again; the sacrifices to Great Yu were renewed.

— 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 25 (Innocence). 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.