乾 → 乾
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation has no changing lines. Both hexagrams are identical.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
道陟石阪，胡言連蹇。譯瘖且聾，莫使道通。請謁不行，求事無功。
The road climbs a stone slope; words falter and stumble. The interpreter is mute and deaf; none can make the way clear. Petitions go unheard; endeavors bear no fruit.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled heaven drives ceaselessly forward, yet here the road climbs a stone slope and every step falters. The interpreter is mute and deaf; no message passes through. Petitions go unanswered, undertakings yield nothing. When Qian meets itself, pure yang has no receptive counterpart — all force, no channel. The image is not weakness but blockage: a powerful signal broadcast into a void where no receiver exists. From Creative to Creative, the transformation warns that initiative without communication is merely noise. Even heaven's tireless motion accomplishes nothing when the path itself refuses to conduct it.
The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store