Hexagram:The Gentle →Hexagram:Enthusiasm
I Ching Transformation
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
→
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
黃鳥採蓄，既稼不荅。念吾父兄，思復邦國。
The yellow bird gathers and stores; crops planted but not tended. I think of my father and brothers; I long to return to my homeland.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 57 (The Gentle) to hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm). 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.