Hexagram:Small Taming Hexagram:Small Preponderance

I-Ching Transformation

9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 復自道何其咎吉

returning
one's own
dàopath
where
is one's
jiùan error?
promising

Line 2: 牽復吉

qiāndrawn
to return
promising

Line 4: 有孚血去惕出無咎

yǒube
true
xuèthe bleeding
stops
and anxiety
chūdepart

Line 5: 有孚攣如富以其鄰

yǒuhave
true
luánto confuse
like
enriched
by
one's
línneighbors

Line 6: 既雨既處尚德載婦貞厲月幾望君子征凶

once
rain
once
chùsettling
shàngappreciate
virtue
zàicarries
the wife
zhēnpersistence
is difficult
yuèthe moon
nearly
wàngfull
jūnthe noble
one
zhēngadvancing
xiōngunfortunate

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

關雎淑女,配我君子;少妻在門,君子嘉喜。

The osprey cries for a virtuous maiden, a fit match for my lord. The young wife stands at the gate; the noble man rejoices.

— 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 62 (Small Preponderance). 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.