Hexagram:Development →Hexagram:Opposition
I-Ching Transformation
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
→
38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 鴻漸于干小子厲有言無咎
鴻hóngthe wild geese
漸jiàngradually advance
于yúto
干gānthe shoreline
小xiǎothe little
子zǐchild
厲lìhaving
有yǒuthere is
言yána talk
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 鴻漸于磐飲食衎衎吉
鴻hóngthe wild geese
漸jiàngradually advance
于yúto
磐pánthe cliff
飲yǐnand
食shíand eat
衎kànand honking
衎kànand honking
吉jípromising
Line 3: 鴻漸于陸夫征不復婦孕不育凶利禦寇
鴻hóngthe wild goose
漸jiànadvances
于yúto
陸lùthe plateau
夫fūthe husband
征zhēngon expedition
不bùon but is
復fùto return
婦fùthe wife
孕yùnconceives
不bùbut does
育yùgive birth
凶xiōngunfortunate
利lìit is worthwhile
禦yùoppose
寇kòupredator
Line 4: 鴻漸于木或得其桷無咎
鴻hóngthe wild goose
漸jiànadvances
于yúto
木mùthe trees [on the mountain: ban xiang]
或huòsomehow
得déto find
其qíone
桷juéthe flat
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 鴻漸于陵婦三歲不孕終莫之勝吉
鴻hóngthe wild geese
漸jiàngradually advance
于yúto
陵língthe foothills
婦fùthe wife
三sānis
歲suìyears
不bùwithout
孕yùnconceiving
終zhōngbut in the end
莫mònothing
之zhī^
勝shèngcan
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Firegentle to clinging
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
設罟捕魚，反得居諸。員困竭忠，伍氏夷誅。
Setting nets to catch fish, instead one hauls up a clay vessel. Yuan was trapped though he exhausted his loyalty; the house of Wu was leveled and slain.
— 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 38 (Opposition). 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.