Hexagram:The Arousing Hexagram:The Creative

I Ching Transformation

51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Heavenarousing to creative
Lower TrigramThunder Heavenarousing to creative

Yilin Verse

陷塗溺水,火燒我履,憂患重累。

Sunk in mud, drowning in water; fire burns my shoes. Woes and troubles multiply.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 51 (The Arousing) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.