Hexagram:The Wanderer Hexagram:Youthful Folly

I Ching Transformation

56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Mountainclinging to stillness
Lower TrigramMountain Waterstillness to abysmal

Yilin Verse

封豕溝瀆,灌潰國邑。火宿口中,民多疾病。

The great boar breaches the ditch; floods overwhelm the city. Fire lodges in its maw; the people suffer plague and sickness.

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

The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store

Related Pages

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 56 (The Wanderer) to hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly). 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.