Hexagram:The Wanderer →Hexagram:The Abysmal
I-Ching Transformation
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
→
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 旅即次懷其資得童僕貞
旅lǚthe wanderer
即jícomes to
次cìan en)camp(ment)
懷huáicherish
其qíthese
資zīresources
得déand gain
童tónga young
僕púservant
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 3: 旅焚其次喪其童僕貞厲
旅lǚthe wanderer
焚fénburns
其qíthis
次cìcamp
喪sàngand lose
其qíthis
童tóngyoung
僕púservant
貞zhēnpersistence(ing)
厲lìis difficult
Line 4: 旅于處得其資斧我心不快
旅lǚthe wanderer
于yúis
處chùthe shelter
得déhaving secured
其qíhis
資zīresources
斧fǔand an ax
我wǒbut lamenting 'my...
心xīnheart
不bùis not
快kuàihappy
Line 5: 射雉一矢亡終以譽命
射shèshooting
雉zhìthe pheasant [as a gift for the local noble]
一yīone
矢shǐarrow
亡wángis lost
終zhōngbut in the end
以yǐfor the sake of
譽yùpraise
命mìngand commission
Line 6: 鳥焚其巢旅人先笑後號咷喪牛于易凶
鳥niǎolike a
焚fénthat
其qíits own
巢cháonest
旅lǚthis wandering
人rénone
先xiānbegins
笑xiàoto laugh(ter
後hòufollowed by
號háowailing
咷táoand weeping
喪sàngforfeiting
牛niúcattle
于yúin
易yìthe exchange
凶xiōnginauspicious
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Yilin Verse
迎福開戶，喜隨我後。曹伯愷悌，為宋國主。
Opening the door to welcome fortune; joy follows close behind. Lord Cao, kind and brotherly, became the ruler of Song.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 56 (The Wanderer) 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.