Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Work on the Decayed
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
18
Work on the Decayed
Gu
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Lower TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Yilin Verse
齊魯爭言，戰於龍門。搆怨結禍，三世不安。
Qi and Lu quarrel and dispute, battling at Dragon Gate. Building enmity and binding calamity; three generations without peace.
— 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 18 (Work on the Decayed). 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.