Hexagram:Development Hexagram:Great Power

I-Ching Transformation

53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 鴻漸于干小子厲有言無咎

hóngthe wild geese
jiàngradually advance
to
gānthe shoreline
xiǎothe little
child
having
yǒuthere is
yána talk
but no
jiùblame

Line 2: 鴻漸于磐飲食衎衎吉

hóngthe wild geese
jiàngradually advance
to
pánthe cliff
yǐnand
shíand eat
kànand honking
kànand honking
promising

Line 4: 鴻漸于木或得其桷無咎

hóngthe wild goose
jiànadvances
to
the trees [on the mountain: ban xiang]
huòsomehow
to find
one
juéthe flat
no
jiùblame

Line 5: 鴻漸于陵婦三歲不孕終莫之勝吉

hóngthe wild geese
jiàngradually advance
to
língthe foothills
the wife
sānis
suìyears
without
yùnconceiving
zhōngbut in the end
nothing
zhī^
shèngcan
promising

Line 6: 鴻漸于陸其羽可用為儀吉

hóngthe wild geese
jiàngradually advance
together to
the plateau
their
feathers
will be
yòngused
wéiin
the sacred dance
promising

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramMountain Heavenstillness to creative

Yilin Verse

節度之德,不涉亂國。雖昧无光,後大受慶。

The virtue of restraint and measure: not entering a land of chaos. Though dim and without light, afterward great celebration comes.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 53 (Development) to hexagram 34 (Great Power). 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.