Hexagram:Limitation Hexagram:Obstruction

I Ching Transformation

60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

藤蔓纏柱木難生,蟲蛀梁心棟已傾。忠言不入蒙蔽耳,庭中正樹被陰藤。

Creeper vines strangle the pillar — the tree cannot grow. Worms bore into the beam's heart — the ridgepole leans. Loyal counsel cannot enter blinded ears — the upright tree in the courtyard is smothered by dark vines.

— 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 39 (Obstruction). 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.