Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 7: The Army

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

泥滓洿辱,棄捐溝瀆。眾所笑哭,終不顯祿。

Mud and filth bring disgrace; cast into ditch and gutter. Mocked and wept over by all; in the end, no glory or rank.

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

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