Hexagram:The Joyous →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I-Ching Transformation
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 和兌吉
和héresponsive
兌duìjoy
吉jípromising
Line 3: 來兌凶
來láiupcoming
兌duìjoy
凶xiōngdisappointing
Line 4: 商兌未寧介疾有喜
商shāngmeasured
兌duìjoy
未wèiare less than
寧níngpeaceful
介jièlimit
疾jíurgency
有yǒuto attain
喜xǐjoy
Line 5: 孚于剝有厲
孚fútrue
于yúto
剝bōdisintegrating
有yǒuthere are
厲lìhardship
Line 6: 引兌
引yǐnled
兌duìjoy
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
瘡痍多病，宋公危殆。吳子巢門，无命失所。
Covered in sores and plagued by illness, the Duke of Song stands in mortal peril. Wu Zixu at the Chao Gate; without fate, losing his place.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.