Hexagram:Abundance →Hexagram:The Gentle
I-Ching Transformation
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
→
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 遇其配主雖旬無咎往有尚
遇yùmeet with
其qíone's own
配pèiequal
主zhǔand
雖suīeven if
旬xúnten days
無wúno
咎jiùblame
往wǎngto go ahead
有yǒuis
尚shàngworth
Line 2: 豐其蔀日中見斗往得疑疾有孚發若吉
豐fēngso abundant
其qíare one's
蔀bùwoven screens
日rìthe day
中zhōngat mid-
見jiànone may see
斗dǒuthe bushel constellation
往wǎnggoing ahead
得définds
疑yídoubt
疾jíand anxiety
有yǒuto be
孚fútrue
發fāand manifest
若ruòthis
吉jíis promising
Line 4: 豐其蔀日中見斗遇其夷主吉
豐fēngso abundant
其qíare one's
蔀bùwoven screens
日rìthe day
中zhōngat mid-
見jiànone may see
斗dǒuthe bushel constellation
遇yùor meet
其qíthat
夷yíhidden
主zhǔmaster
吉jípromising
Line 5: 來章有慶譽吉
來láicoming
章zhāngan
有yǒuthere are
慶qìngreward
譽yùand praise
吉jípromising
Line 6: 豐其屋蔀其家闚其戶閴其無人三歲不覿凶
豐fēngso
其qíare
屋wūchambers
蔀bùscreen
其qíone's own
家jiāfamily
闚kuīpeering
其qíone's own
戶hùdoor
閴qùabandoned
其qíin
無wúhaving no
人rénthe others
三sānand
歲suìyears
不bùnot
覿díseen face to face
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Yilin Verse
六虵奔走，俱入茂草。驚於長路，畏懼啄口。
Six snakes dash and flee, all plunging into thick grass. Startled on the long road, fearful of the pecking beak.
— 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 57 (The Gentle). 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.