Hexagram:Keeping Still Hexagram:Treading

I-Ching Transformation

52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 艮其趾無咎利永貞

gènstillness
in one's own
zhǐtoes
no
jiùblame
worth
yǒnglasting
zhēnpersistence

Line 2: 艮其腓不拯其隨其心不快

gènstillness
in one's own
féicalves
this does
zhěnghelping
in
suípursuits
this one's
xīnheart
is not
kuàihappy

Line 3: 艮其限列其夤厲薰心

gènstill
in
xiànboundaries
lièseparate
up in
yínloins
harshness
xūnchoke
xīnthe heart

Line 4: 艮其身無咎

gènstillness
in
shēnselfhood
no
jiùblame

Line 5: 艮其輔言有序悔亡

gènstillness
in one's own
jawbones
yánspeech
yǒuhas
meaningful order
huǐregrets
wángpass

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

䡘䡘轠轠,歲暮偏弊。寵名損棄,君衰於位。

Rattling, rumbling; the year's end brings ruin. Favor and fame cast aside; the lord declines upon his throne.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 52 (Keeping Still) to hexagram 10 (Treading). 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.