Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:Oppression
I-Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
47
Oppression
Kun
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 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 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 →Lakegentle to joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
行役未已，新事復起；姬姜勞苦，不得休息。
Service and labor not yet ended; new tasks arise again. Ji and Jiang toil and suffer; finding no rest or reprieve.
— 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 47 (Oppression). 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.