Hexagram:The Gentle Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden

I Ching Transformation

57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramWind Lakegentle to joyous

Yilin Verse

天之所明,禍不遇家。反自相逐,終得和鳴。

What Heaven illuminates; disaster does not reach the home. Those who drove each other away; in the end achieve harmony.

— 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 54 (The Marrying Maiden). 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.