Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden Hexagram:The Family

I Ching Transformation

54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramLake Firejoyous to clinging

Yilin Verse

臭彘腐水,與狼相輔。亡夫失子,憂及父母。

The stinking pig and putrid water; the wolf becomes one's ally. Husband lost and child gone; grief reaches the father and mother.

— 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 37 (The Family). 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.