Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 7: The Army

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

旦往暮還,相佑與聚,无有凶患。

Departing at dawn, returning at dusk; helping and gathering together, free from misfortune and calamity.

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

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