Hexagram:Limitation →Hexagram:The Clinging
I Ching Transformation
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
→
30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake →Firejoyous to clinging
Yilin Verse
商伯沉醉，庶兄奔走。淫女蕩夫，仁德並孤。
The merchant lord drowns in wine; his elder brother flees. A wanton woman, a dissolute man; benevolence and virtue both stand alone.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 60 (Limitation) to hexagram 30 (The Clinging). 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.