Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Opposition
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
城上有烏，自號破家。呼喚鴆毒，為國患災。
A crow upon the city wall, crying out its own ruin. It summons poisonous zhenniao; bringing plague and disaster to the state.
— 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 38 (Opposition). 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.