Hexagram:Inner Truth Hexagram:Modesty

I-Ching Transformation

61
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu
Wind / Lake
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 虞吉有他不燕

readiness
promising
yǒuto be
more than this
no
yàncomfort

Line 2: 鳴鶴在陰其子和之我有好爵吾與爾靡之

míngcall
crane
zàiremaining in
yīnshadows
her
young ones
respond
zhīher
I
yǒuhave
hǎofine
juédecanter
I
along with
ěryour
will drain
zhīit

Line 3: 得敵或鼓或罷或泣或歌

finding
counterpart
huòmaybe
to beat
huòor maybe
to quit
huòmaybe
to weep
huòor maybe
to sing

Line 5: 有孚攣如無咎

yǒubeing
true
luánbond
is like
no
jiùblame

Line 6: 翰音登于天貞凶

hànrooster's
yīncrowing
dēngascend
up to
tiānheaven
zhēnpersistence
xiōngunfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness

Yilin Verse

烈火燒林,左右皆傷。風助火勢,無一倖免。

Wildfire burns the forest — left and right, all are harmed. Wind feeds the flames; not one tree is spared.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 61 (Inner Truth) 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.