Hexagram:Limitation Hexagram:The Wanderer

I-Ching Transformation

60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 不出戶庭無咎

not
chūgoing out
the door
tíngthe chamber
no
jiùblame

Line 2: 不出門庭凶

not
chūgoing out
ménthe door
tíngthe chamber
xiōngunfortunate

Line 3: 不節若則嗟若無咎

no
jiéboundary
ruòsuch
and consequently
jiēlament
ruòsuch
no
jiùblame

Line 4: 安節亨

ānsecure in
jiéthe boundary
hēngfulfillment

Line 5: 甘節吉往有尚

gānsweet
jiéboundary
promising
wǎngto go ahead
yǒuis
shàngworth

Line 6: 苦節貞凶悔亡

bitter
jiélimitation
zhēnpersistence
xiōngis unfortunate
huǐbut
wángpass

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

仁獸所處,國无凶咎。市賈十倍,復歸惠里。

Where the benevolent beast dwells, the state knows no misfortune. Market goods return tenfold; prosperity returns to the blessed village.

— 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.