Hexagram:Abundance →Hexagram:The Army
I-Ching Transformation
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
→
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 3: 豐其沛日中見沬折其右肱無咎
豐fēngso abundant
其qíare one's
沛pèiflowing banners
日rìthe day
中zhōngat mid-
見jiànone may see
沬mèistardust
折zhéand also break
其qíone's own
右yòuright
肱gōngupper arm
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Eartharousing to receptive
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
狐狸雉兔，畏人逃去。分走竄匿，不如所處。
Foxes, pheasants, and hares, fearing men, flee away. Scattering to hide in all directions, worse off than where they were.
— 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 7 (The Army). 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.