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).
Line 2: 比之自內貞吉
比bǐbelong
之zhīthis
自zìcomes from
內nèiwithin
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
Line 3: 比之匪人
比bǐbelong
之zhīthis
匪fěian inferior
人rénpeople
Line 5: 顯比王用三驅失前禽邑人不誡吉
顯xiǎnevident
比bǐbelonging
王wángthe sovereign
用yòngemploys
三sānonly three
驅qūmounted game flushers
失shīforgoing
前qiánthe leading
禽qínof the quarry
邑yìhis town's
人rénpeople
不bùare not
誡jiècoerced
吉jípromising
Line 6: 比之無首凶
比bǐjoining with
之zhīthis
無wúwithout
首shǒupriorities
凶xiōngunfortunate
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.