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).
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.