Hexagram:Small Preponderance Hexagram:Limitation

I Ching Transformation

62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

山崩谷絕,大福盡歇。涇渭失紀,玉石既已。

Mountains collapse, valleys are severed; great fortune utterly ceases; the Jing and Wei lose their courses; jade and stone together are finished.

— 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 60 (Limitation). 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.