Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Great Power
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
適戍失期，患生無聊。懼以發憂，發藏閉塞，邦國騷愁。
Missing the garrison deadline, trouble rises without recourse. Fear gives birth to worry; stores sealed and blocked -- the state is filled with anxious grief.
— 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 34 (Great Power). 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.