Hexagram:The Gentle →Hexagram:The Arousing
I-Ching Transformation
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
→
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 進退利武人之貞
進jìnadvance
退tuìand retreat
利lìmeriting
武wǔthe military
人rénone
之zhī's
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 2: 巽在床下用史巫紛若吉無咎
巽xùnencroach(ment)
在zàioccur
床chuángthe bed
下xiàunder
用yòngemploy
史shǐscribes
巫wūand diviners
紛fēnan assortment
若ruòof such
吉jípromising
無wúno
咎jiùblame(worthy)
Line 3: 頻巽吝
頻pínfrequent
巽xùnadaptation
吝lìnembarrass(ment)
Line 4: 悔亡田獲三品
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
田tiánin the field
獲huòtake
三sānthree
品pǐnkind
Line 5: 貞吉悔亡無不利無初有終先庚三日後庚三日吉
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
無wúwithout
初chūthe beginning
有yǒuthere is
終zhōngan conclusion
先xiānbefore
庚gēngreform
三sānthree
日rìdays
後hòuafter
庚gēngreform
三sānthree
日rìdays
吉jípromising
Line 6: 巽在床下喪其資斧貞凶
巽xùnencroach(ment)
在zàioccur
床chuángthe bed
下xiàunder
喪sànglosing
其qíone's own
資zīresources
斧fǔand an ax
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngis disappointing
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramWind →Thundergentle to arousing
Yilin Verse
日月運行，一寒一暑。榮寵赫赫，不可得保。顛隕墜墮，更為士伍。
Sun and moon revolve; one cold, one hot in turn. Blazing glory cannot be kept. Fallen and cast down; reduced again to common ranks.
— 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 51 (The Arousing). 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.