Hexagram:Keeping Still →Hexagram:Nourishment
I Ching Transformation
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
→
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines: 1, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Mountain
Lower TrigramMountain →Thunderstillness to arousing
Yilin Verse
八面九口，長舌為斧。劈破瑚璉，殷商絕後。
Eight faces, nine mouths; the long tongue serves as an axe. It cleaves the precious vessel; the house of Yin-Shang is cut off with no heir.
— 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 27 (Nourishment). 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.