Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Windabysmal to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
公子王孫，把彈挕丸。發輒有得，室家饒足。
Princes and lords's sons, grasping slingshot and pellet. Every shot finds its mark; the household is well supplied.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.