Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
一身兩頭，莫適其軀。亂不可治，孰為湯漢。
One body with two heads; no way to suit both. Disorder beyond remedy; who shall be Tang, who shall be Han?
— 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 54 (The Marrying Maiden). 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.