Hexagram:Development →Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden
I-Ching Transformation
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
→
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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
Line 6: 鴻漸于陸其羽可用為儀吉
鴻hóngthe wild geese
漸jiàngradually advance
于yútogether to
陸lùthe plateau
其qítheir
羽yǔfeathers
可kěwill be
用yòngused
為wéiin
儀yíthe sacred dance
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
海隅遼右，福祿所至。柔嘉蒙祉，九夷何咎？
The sea's far corner, Liao to the right; where fortune and blessing arrive. Gentle and fine, receiving heaven's favor; what blame upon the nine Yi tribes?
— 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 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.