Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:The Arousing
I-Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 牽復吉
牽qiāndrawn
復fùto return
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 →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
君子碌碌，鳥庇茂木。見春百穀，心勞願德。
The noble man labors diligently; the bird shelters in thick trees. Seeing spring is hundred grains; the heart toils, longing for virtue.
— 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 51 (The Arousing). 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.