Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden →Hexagram:Holding Together
I-Ching Transformation
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1: 歸妹以娣跛能履征吉
歸guīmarries
妹mèithe maiden
以yǐas
娣dìsecond
跛bǒthe lame
能néngcan manage
履lǚto walk
征zhēngto expedite
吉jíis promising
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 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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Yilin Verse
申酉說服，牛馬休息。君子以安，勞者得懽。
In the hours of Shen and You, persuasion prevails; ox and horse find their rest. The gentleman dwells in peace; the laborer finds his joy.
— 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 8 (Holding Together). 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.