Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 7: The Army

Treading
Heaven / Lake
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

羊腸九縈,相推併前;止須王孫,乃能上天。

The winding sheep-gut trail, nine turns pushing onward. One must await the prince; only then can one ascend to heaven.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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