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).

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.