Hexagram:The Well Hexagram:The Clinging

I Ching Transformation

48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind Firegentle to clinging

Yilin Verse

高飛不視,貪叨所在。臭腐為患,自害躬身。

Flying high yet blind to what lies below; greed fixes upon what is there. Rot and stench become the ruin; he brings harm upon his own body.

— 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 30 (The Clinging). 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.