Hexagram:Keeping Still →Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden
I-Ching Transformation
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
→
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 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 3: 艮其限列其夤厲薰心
艮gènstill
其qíin
限xiànboundaries
列lièseparate
其qíup in
夤yínloins
厲lìharshness
薰xūnchoke
心xīnthe heart
Line 4: 艮其身無咎
艮gènstillness
其qíin
身shēnselfhood
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 敦艮吉
敦dūnauthentic
艮gènstillness
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Thunderstillness to arousing
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
八材既登，以成股肱。厖降庭堅，國无災凶。
The eight talents have all ascended, becoming arms and legs of state. Pang and Jian descend to the court; the realm is free of calamity and misfortune.
— 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 54 (The Marrying Maiden). 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.