Hexagram:The Arousing Hexagram:Coming to Meet

I Ching Transformation

51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Heavenarousing to creative
Lower TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

龍馬上山,焦无水泉。喉燋唇乾,渴不能言。

The dragon-horse climbs the mountain; it is parched, without spring or stream. Throat scorched, lips dry; in its thirst it cannot speak.

— 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.