Hexagram:The Wanderer →Hexagram:Inner Truth
I-Ching Transformation
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
→
61
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu
Wind / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
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 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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
長夜短日，陰為陽賊。萬物空枯，藏在北陸。
Long nights, short days; yin plunders yang. The ten thousand things are emptied and withered, hidden away in the northern land.
— 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 61 (Inner Truth). 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.