Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Fellowship
I-Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 有孚比之無咎有孚盈缶終來有他吉
有yǒuhave
孚fútrue
比bǐin belonging
之zhīthis
無wúno
咎jiùerror
有yǒubeing
孚fútrue
盈yíngreplenishes
缶fǒuthis earthen
終zhōngthis end
來láiwill come
有yǒuholding
他tāadditional
吉jípromise
Line 3: 比之匪人
比bǐbelong
之zhīthis
匪fěian inferior
人rénpeople
Line 4: 外比之貞吉
外wàioutward
比bǐbelong
之zhīthis
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 6: 比之無首凶
比bǐjoining with
之zhīthis
無wúwithout
首shǒupriorities
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Yilin Verse
仁智隱伏，麟不可得。龍蛇潛藏，虛居堂室。
Benevolence and wisdom lie hidden; the qilin cannot be found. Dragon and serpent conceal themselves; the hall and chamber stand empty.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 8 (Holding Together) to hexagram 13 (Fellowship). 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.