Hexagram:The Well →Hexagram:The Arousing

I-Ching Transformation

48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
→
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

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 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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing

Yilin Verse

遊魂六子，百木所起。三男從父，三女隨母，至已而反，各得其所。

The wandering soul and the six children; a hundred trees arise from this source. Three sons follow the father; three daughters follow the mother. Reaching the end, they turn back; each finds their proper place.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 48View Hexagram 51Reverse: 51 → 48

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 48 (The Well) to hexagram 51 (The Arousing). 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.