Hexagram:The Well Hexagram:Progress

I Ching Transformation

48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWind Earthgentle to receptive

Yilin Verse

弧矢大張,道絕不通。小人寇賊,君子壅塞。

Bows and arrows drawn wide; the road is severed, passage cut. Petty men turn to banditry; the gentleman is hemmed in and blocked.

— 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 35 (Progress). 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.