Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 7: The Army

Conflict
Heaven / Water
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

鳧得水沒,喜笑自啄。毛羽悅澤,利以攻玉。公出不復,伯氏客宿。

The wild duck finds water and dives, joyfully laughing and preening. Feathers sleek and lustrous; useful for working jade. The lord departs and does not return; the elder brother lodges as a guest.

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

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