Hexagram:The Gentle Hexagram:Abundance

I Ching Transformation

57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
55
Abundance
Feng
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramWind Firegentle to clinging

Yilin Verse

天陰霖雨,塗行泥潦。商人休止,市无所有。

Heaven overcast, long rain falls; roads become rivers of mud. Merchants cease their trade; the market has nothing.

— 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 55 (Abundance). 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.