Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden →Hexagram:Obstruction
I Ching Transformation
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
→
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
拔劍傷手，見敵不善。良臣無佐，國憂為咎。
Drawing the sword, he wounds his own hand; facing the enemy, nothing goes well. The loyal minister has no support; the state's sorrow becomes its undoing.
— 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 39 (Obstruction). 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.