Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Duration
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
32
Duration
Heng
Thunder / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Yilin Verse
牽尾不前，逆理失臣。忠莫往來，惠朔以奔。
Pulling the tail, not advancing; contrary to reason, losing ministers. The loyal cannot come and go; Hui Shuo flees in haste.
— 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 32 (Duration). 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.