Hexagram:The Arousing →Hexagram:The Well
I-Ching Transformation
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
→
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 震來虩虩後笑言啞啞吉
震zhènthe shock
來láibrings (about)
虩xìfear
虩xìand terror
後hòuand afterwards
笑xiàomirthful
言yánwords
啞èand echoing
啞èlaughter
吉jípromising
Line 2: 震來厲億喪貝躋于九陵勿逐七日得
震zhènthe thunder
來láibrings (about)
厲lìdifficulty
億yìa hundred thousand
喪sànglost
貝bèibelongings
躋jīand climb
于yúup
九jiǔnine
陵línghill
勿wùdo not
逐zhúpursue
Line 3: 震蘇蘇震行無眚
震zhènthe thunder
蘇sūawakens
蘇sūand revives
震zhènbe aroused
行xíngto movement
無wúand
眚shěngto distress
Line 4: 震遂泥
震zhènthe thunder
遂suìis followed by
泥nímud
Line 5: 震往來厲意無喪有事
震zhènthe thunder
往wǎngin
來láiand
厲lìis difficult
意yìthe meaning
無wúis not
喪sànglost
有yǒuhaving
事shìwork to do
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
蝃蝀充側，佞人所惑。女謁橫行，正道壅塞。
The rainbow fills every side; flattering men are beguiled by it. Women's petitions run rampant; the righteous way is blocked and sealed.
— 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 48 (The Well). 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.