Hexagram:The Arousing →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I Ching Transformation
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Mountainarousing to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
不虞之患，禍生無門。奄然暴卒，病傷我心。
An unforeseen calamity; disaster enters through no gate. Sudden and violent it strikes; illness wounds my heart.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.