Hexagram:The Well →Hexagram:Nourishment
I-Ching Transformation
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
→
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 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 2: 井谷射鮒甕敝漏
井jǐngthe well
谷gǔis empty
射shèaim
鮒fùthe fish
甕wèngits earthen bucket
敝bìis cracked
漏lòuand leaking
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 5: 井洌寒泉食
井jǐngthe well
洌lièis
寒háncold
泉quánspring
食shíto drink
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 →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
乾作聖男，坤為智女。配合既成，長生得所。
Qian makes the sage son; Kun makes the wise daughter. The match accomplished and complete, they find lasting life in their rightful place.
— 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 27 (Nourishment). 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.