Hexagram:Keeping Still →Hexagram:Breakthrough
I-Ching Transformation
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
→
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 艮其趾無咎利永貞
艮gènstillness
其qíin one's own
趾zhǐtoes
無wúno
咎jiùblame
利lìworth
永yǒnglasting
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 2: 艮其腓不拯其隨其心不快
艮gènstillness
其qíin one's own
腓féicalves
不bùthis does
拯zhěnghelping
其qíin
隨suípursuits
其qíthis one's
心xīnheart
不bùis not
快kuàihappy
Line 4: 艮其身無咎
艮gènstillness
其qíin
身shēnselfhood
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 艮其輔言有序悔亡
艮gènstillness
其qíin one's own
輔fǔjawbones
言yánspeech
有yǒuhas
序xùmeaningful order
悔huǐregrets
亡wángpass
Line 6: 敦艮吉
敦dūnauthentic
艮gènstillness
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Yilin Verse
虐除善猛，難為攻醫。驥窮鹽車，困於衘箠。
Cruelty removes goodness, ferocity; hard to attack or cure. A thoroughbred exhausted on the salt cart, trapped by bit and whip.
— 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 43 (Breakthrough). 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.