Hexagram:The Arousing Hexagram:Small Taming

I Ching Transformation

51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder Heavenarousing to creative

Yilin Verse

羊舌叔虎,野心善怒。黷貨无厭,以滅其身。

Yangshe Shuhu, wild of heart and quick to rage. Greedy for bribes without end, he destroys himself thereby.

— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.