Hexagram:Keeping Still Hexagram:Limitation

I Ching Transformation

52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Waterstillness to abysmal
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

安床厚褥,不得久宿。棄我嘉宴,困於南國。投杼之憂,不成禍災。

A peaceful bed with thick quilts, yet one cannot linger long. Abandoning the fine banquet, stranded in the southern land. The worry of the thrown shuttle does not become true disaster.

— 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 60 (Limitation). 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.