Hexagram:The Joyous Hexagram:Modesty

I Ching Transformation

58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

葛生衍蔓,絺綌為願。家道篤厚,父兄悅喜。

Kudzu grows and spreads its vines; fine summer cloth is the wish. The household way is rich and sincere; father and elder brother rejoice.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 58 (The Joyous) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). 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.