Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 7: The Army

Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

北山有棗,使叔壽考。東領多栗,宜行賈市。陸梁雌雉,所至利害。

The north mountain has jujubes, granting the uncle long life. The eastern ridge abounds in chestnuts, fit for trade at market. A bold hen-pheasant — wherever it goes, gain and harm follow.

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

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