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).
Line 2: 眇能視利幽人之貞
眇miǎothe one-eyed
能néngcan
視shìto see
利lìreward
幽yōuan obscure
人rénone
之zhī's
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 3: 歸妹以須反歸以娣
歸guīmarries
妹mèithe maiden
以yǐas
須xūa bondmaid
反fǎnthen turns around
歸guīto marry
以yǐas
娣dìsecond
Line 4: 歸妹愆期遲歸有時
歸guīmarriage
妹mèithe maiden
愆qiānexceeds
期qīthe appointed
遲chíthe late
歸guīmarriage
有yǒuhas
時shítiming
Line 5: 帝乙歸妹其君之袂不如其娣之袂良月幾望吉
帝dìas
乙yǐYi's [the penultimate Shang Emperor]
歸guīgiving
妹mèihis little sister
其qíthis
君jūnnoblewoman
之zhī's
袂mèigownsleeves
不bùdid not
如rúcompare well with
其qíher
娣dìbridesmaid
之zhī's
袂mèigownsleeves
良liángin fineness
月yuèas
幾jīis
望wàngfull
吉jíis promising
Line 6: 女承筐無實士刲羊無血無攸利
女nǚthe young woman
承chéngcarries
筐kuāngthe basket
無wúwithout
實shícontents
士shìthe young gentleman
刲kuīsacrifices
羊yángthe sheep
無wúwithout
血xuèblood
無wúthis is no
攸yōua direction
利lìwith merit
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.