Hexagram:Abundance Hexagram:The Abysmal

I Ching Transformation

55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
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 TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

百狗同室,相嚙爭食。枉矢西流,射我暴國。高宗鬼方,三年乃服。

A hundred dogs in one room, biting and fighting over food. A stray arrow streams west, striking my violent land. High Ancestor campaigned against the Guifang; three years before they submitted.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 55 (Abundance) to hexagram 29 (The Abysmal). 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.