Hexagram:The Well Hexagram:Duration

I Ching Transformation

48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
32
Duration
Heng
Thunder / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

方啄宣口,聖智仁厚。釋解倒懸,家國大安。

The square-mouthed one speaks plainly; sagely, wise, and deeply humane. He releases and unbinds those hung upside down; house and state attain great peace.

— 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 32 (Duration). 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.