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).
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 4: 井甃無咎
井jǐngthe well is being
甃zhòure- lined
無wúno
咎jiùblame
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 →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.