Hexagram:The Arousing Hexagram:The Gentle

I Ching Transformation

51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle

Yilin Verse

心得所好,口常為笑。公孫蛾眉,雞鳴樂夜。

The heart finds what it loves; the mouth is always smiling. The lord's lady with moth-brow beauty; the cock crows and she delights in the night.

— 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 57 (The Gentle). 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.