Hexagram:Revolution Hexagram:Splitting Apart

I Ching Transformation

49
Revolution
Ge
Lake / Fire
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive

Yilin Verse

野麋畏人,俱入山谷。命短不長,為虎所得,死於牙腹。

The wild deer fears men and together they plunge into the mountain valley. Its life cut short; seized by the tiger, it dies between fang and belly.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 49 (Revolution) to hexagram 23 (Splitting Apart). 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.