Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:Modesty
I-Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).
Line 1: 復自道何其咎吉
復fùreturning
自zìone's own
道dàopath
何héwhere
其qíis one's
咎jiùan error?
吉jípromising
Line 2: 牽復吉
牽qiāndrawn
復fùto return
吉jípromising
Line 5: 有孚攣如富以其鄰
有yǒuhave
孚fútrue
攣luánto confuse
如rúlike
富fùenriched
以yǐby
其qíone's
鄰línneighbors
Line 6: 既雨既處尚德載婦貞厲月幾望君子征凶
既jìonce
雨yǔrain
既jìonce
處chùsettling
尚shàngappreciate
德dévirtue
載zàicarries
婦fùthe wife
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
月yuèthe moon
幾jīnearly
望wàngfull
君jūnthe noble
子zǐone
征zhēngadvancing
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
式微式微，憂禍相半；隔以岩山，室家分散。
Fading, fading away; worry and misfortune share equal measure. Separated by cliffs and mountains; the household is scattered apart.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 9 (Small Taming) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). 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.