Hexagram:Conflict Hexagram:Modesty

I Ching Transformation

6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater Mountainabysmal to stillness

Yilin Verse

播木折枝,與母別離。九皋難扣,絕不相知。

Wind-tossed tree, broken branch; parted from its mother. The nine marshes are hard to reach; cut off, they shall never know each other.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 6 (Conflict) 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.