Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Decrease
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
41
Decrease
Sun
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
二人異路，東趍西步。千里之行，不相知處。
Two men take different roads; one heads east, the other west. On a journey of a thousand li; neither knows the other is whereabouts.
— 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 41 (Decrease). 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.