Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 7: The Army

Opposition
Fire / Lake
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

懿公淺愚,不深受謀。无援失國,為狄所賊。

Duke Yi was shallow and foolish; he did not deeply heed counsel. Without allies he lost his state; destroyed by the Di barbarians.

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

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