Hexagram:Waiting →Hexagram:Splitting Apart
I Ching Transformation
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
→
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
孤竹之墟，老婦无夫。傷於蒺藜，不見少妻。東郭堂姜，武氏破亡。
The ruins of Guzhu; an old woman without a husband. Wounded by caltrops; the young wife unseen. Dongguo Tang Jiang; the Wu clan is destroyed.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 5 (Waiting) 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.