Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden Hexagram:Development

I Ching Transformation

54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

懸懸南海,去家萬里。飛兔褭駿,一日見母,除我憂悔。

Suspended far over the southern sea, ten thousand li from home. The flying hare, the swift steed — in one day he sees his mother, and all grief and regret are lifted.

— 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 53 (Development). 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.