Hexagram:Keeping Still →Hexagram:Following
I Ching Transformation
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
→
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramMountain →Thunderstillness to arousing
Yilin Verse
陰升陽伏，舜失其室。慈母赤子，相餧不食。
Yin ascends, yang lies hidden; Shun lost his household. A loving mother and her suckling child — they feed one another yet neither eats.
— 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 17 (Following). 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.