Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 7: The Army

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

蹇驢不才,俊驥失時。罷於沙丘,筋力勞盡。

A lame donkey, lacking talent; a fine steed, its time lost. Spent upon the sand dunes; sinew and strength exhausted.

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

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