Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden →Hexagram:Biting Through
I Ching Transformation
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
→
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines: 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Firearousing to clinging
Lower TrigramLake →Thunderinversion
Yilin Verse
進士為官，不若服田，獲壽保年。
Advancing to serve as an official is not as good as tending the fields; thereby one gains long life and preserves one's years.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 54 (The Marrying Maiden) to hexagram 21 (Biting Through). 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.