Hexagram:The Joyous Hexagram:Development

I-Ching Transformation

58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
53
Development
Jian
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Line 1: 和兌吉

responsive
duìjoy
promising

Line 2: 孚兌吉悔亡

trusting
duìjoy
promising
huǐregret
wángpass

Line 3: 來兌凶

láiupcoming
duìjoy
xiōngdisappointing

Line 4: 商兌未寧介疾有喜

shāngmeasured
duìjoy
wèiare less than
níngpeaceful
jièlimit
urgency
yǒuto attain
joy

Line 6: 引兌

yǐnled
duìjoy

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

三虎搏狼,力不相當。如鷹格雉,一發破亡。

Three tigers fight a wolf; strength is unmatched. Like a hawk striking a pheasant, one strike and it is destroyed.

— 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 53 (Development). 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.