Hexagram:The Arousing Hexagram:Development

I Ching Transformation

51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder Mountainarousing to stillness

Yilin Verse

孔德如玉。出於幽谷,飛上高木,鼓其羽翼。輝光照國。

Virtue of Kong, like jade. Emerging from a dark valley, soaring up to a lofty tree, beating its wings. Its radiance illumines the land.

— 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 53 (Development). 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.