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).
Line 1: 飛鳥以凶
飛fēiflies
鳥niǎobird
以yǐis on the way to
凶xiōngadversity
Line 2: 過其祖遇其妣不及其君遇其臣無咎
過guòbypassing
其qíone's own
祖zǔancestor
遇yùto meet with
其qíone's own
妣bǐgrandmother
不bùnot
及jíto reach
其qíone's own
君jūnleader
遇yùbut meeting with
其qíthat
臣chénminister
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 3: 弗過防之從或戕之凶
弗fúit
過guògo beyond
防fángto defend
之zhīoneself
從cóngfrom behind
或huòsomebody
戕qiāngassault
之zhīthis one
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 4: 無咎弗過遇之往厲必戒勿用永貞
無wúavoid
咎jiùharm
弗fúit
過guògo beyond
遇yùto greet
之zhīanother
往wǎnggoing
厲lìdifficult
必bìand require
戒jièprecaution
勿wùdo not
用yòngpractice
永yǒnglasting
貞zhēnpersistence
Line 5: 密雲不雨自我西郊公弋取彼在穴
密mìthick
雲yúnclouds
不bùbut
雨yǔrain
自zìcoming from
我wǒour
西xīwestern
郊jiāohorizon
公gōngeven a duke
弋yìbowhunts with tethered/harpoon arrows
取qǔpreferring
彼bǐthat
在zàiin
穴xuécave
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.