Hexagram:The Gentle →Hexagram:Biting Through
I-Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 進退利武人之貞
Line 2: 巽在床下用史巫紛若吉無咎
Line 3: 頻巽吝
Line 4: 悔亡田獲三品
Line 5: 貞吉悔亡無不利無初有終先庚三日後庚三日吉
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
黑蛾撲燈燈欲滅，夜蔓纏柱柱將傾。四壁無窗風不入，一室沉暗氣難清。
Black moths swarm the lamp — the lamp gutters. Night-vines wrap the pillar — the pillar tilts. Four walls without windows, no wind enters; a room sunk in darkness, the air impossible to clear.
— 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 21 (Biting Through). 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.