Hexagram:Before Completion →Hexagram:The Family
I-Ching Transformation
64
Before Completion
Wei Ji
Fire / Water
→
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 濡其尾吝
濡rúsoaking
其qíthat
尾wěitail
吝lìnembarrassment
Line 2: 曳其輪貞吉
曳yìbraking
其qíthose
輪lúnwheels
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 3: 未濟征凶利涉大川
未wèiif
濟jìcomplete
征zhēngto expedite
凶xiōngis unlucky
利lìit is worthwhile
涉shèto cross
大dàthe great
川chuānstream
Line 4: 貞吉悔亡震用伐鬼方三年有賞于大國
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
悔huǐand
亡wángpass
震zhènshock
用yòngwas used
伐fáto subjugate
鬼guǐthe barbarian
方fāngcountry
三sānbut
年niányears
有yǒubrought about
賞shǎngthe grants
于yúof
大dàgreat
國guóstates
Line 5: 貞吉無悔君子之光有孚吉
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
無wúno
悔huǐto regrets
君jūnthe noble
子zǐyoung one
之zhīhas
光guānghonor
有yǒube
孚fútrue
吉jíis promising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Windclinging to gentle
Lower TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
言與心詭，西行東坐。鯀湮洪水，佞賊為禍。
Words contradict the heart; westward talk, eastward sitting. Gun damming the floodwaters; cunning thieves bring calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 64 (Before Completion) to hexagram 37 (The Family). 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.