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).

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.