Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 7: The Army

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

鳶生會稽,稍巨能飛。翱翔桂林,為眾鳥雄。

The kite is born at Kuaiji; growing large, it learns to fly. Soaring above the cinnamon groves, it becomes lord among all birds.

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

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