Hexagram:The Wanderer →Hexagram:The Joyous
I-Ching Transformation
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
→
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 旅瑣瑣斯其所取災
旅lǚthe wanderer
瑣suǒis mean
瑣suǒand frivolous
斯sīas such
其qíthis
所suǒplace
取qǔdraws
災zāiadversity
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 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 →Lakeclinging to joyous
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
秦晉大國，更相克賊。獲惠質圉，鄭被其咎。
Qin and Jin, great states, each preying upon the other. Seizing Hui, ransoming Yu; Zheng bore the blame.
— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.