Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 7: The Army

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

早霜晚雪,傷害禾麥。損功棄力,飢无所食。

Early frost and late snow injure the grain and wheat. Effort lost, labor abandoned; hungry with nothing to eat.

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

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