Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 7: The Army

Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

小狐渡水,污濡其尾。利得無幾,與道合契。

The small fox crosses the water, wetting and soiling its tail. The profit gained is hardly worth the effort; yet it accords with the Way.

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

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