Hexagram:Dispersion Hexagram:The Arousing

I-Ching Transformation

59
Dispersion
Huan
Wind / Water
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 用拯馬壯吉

yònguse
zhěngrelief
a horse
zhuàngis strong
promising

Line 2: 渙奔其机悔亡

huànscatter
bēnbut
to one's own
support
huǐregret
wángpass

Line 4: 渙其群元吉渙有丘匪夷所思

huànscatter
one's own
qúngroup
yuánmost
promising
huànscatter
yǒuholds
qiūan accumulation
fěiit
the common
suǒplace
thought of

Line 5: 渙汗其大號渙王居無咎

huànevanescent
hànas
is
great
hàocrying
huànscatter
wángthe royal
stores
no
jiùblame

Line 6: 渙其血去逖出無咎

huànscatter
one's own
xuèblood
depart
once
chūto re-emerge
no
jiùblame

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramWater Thunderabysmal to arousing

Yilin Verse

瘡瘍疥搔,孝婦不省。君多疣贅,四牡作去。

Sores, boils, and itching scabs; the filial wife cannot cure them. The lord has many warts and lumps; the four stallions are harnessed to depart.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 59 (Dispersion) to hexagram 51 (The Arousing). 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.