Hexagram:Small Preponderance Hexagram:Dispersion

I-Ching Transformation

62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
59
Dispersion
Huan
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 2: 過其祖遇其妣不及其君遇其臣無咎

guòbypassing
one's own
ancestor
to meet with
one's own
grandmother
not
to reach
one's own
jūnleader
but meeting with
that
chénminister
no
jiùblame

Line 3: 弗過防之從或戕之凶

it
guògo beyond
fángto defend
zhīoneself
cóngfrom behind
huòsomebody
qiāngassault
zhīthis one
xiōngunfortunate

Line 4: 無咎弗過遇之往厲必戒勿用永貞

avoid
jiùharm
it
guògo beyond
to greet
zhīanother
wǎnggoing
difficult
and require
jièprecaution
do not
yòngpractice
yǒnglasting
zhēnpersistence

Line 5: 密雲不雨自我西郊公弋取彼在穴

thick
yúnclouds
but
rain
coming from
our
西western
jiāohorizon
gōngeven a duke
bowhunts with tethered/harpoon arrows
preferring
that
zàiin
xuécave

Line 6: 弗遇過之飛鳥離之凶是謂災眚

without
greeting
guòin
zhīthem
fēiflying
niǎobirds
abandon
zhīthis
xiōngill-omened
shìtrue
wèisignalling
zāiof calamity
shěngand harm

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramMountain Waterstillness to abysmal

Yilin Verse

求玉獲石,非心所欲,祝願不得。

Seeking jade, obtaining stone; not what the heart desired; prayers and wishes unfulfilled.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 62 (Small Preponderance) to hexagram 59 (Dispersion). 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.