Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:Deliverance
I-Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 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 3: 輿說輻夫妻反目
輿yúthe carriage
說shuōthrows off
輻fúits wheel's spokes
夫fūhusband
妻qīand wife
反fǎnare wild-
目mùeyed
Line 4: 有孚血去惕出無咎
有yǒube
孚fútrue
血xuèthe bleeding
去qùstops
惕tìand anxiety
出chūdepart
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 →Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
地凍三尺，種子沉眠。不知春信，黑暗無邊。
The ground frozen three feet deep; the seeds sleep in darkness. Knowing nothing of spring's message — the blackness is without limit.
— 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 40 (Deliverance). 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.