師 → 同人
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 師出以律。否臧凶。
Six at the beginning means: An army must set forth in proper order. If the order is not good, misfortune threatens.
Line 2
九二 在師中吉。无咎。王三錫命。
Nine in the second place means: In the midst of the army. Good fortune. No blame. The king bestows a triple decoration.
Line 3
六三 師或輿尸。凶。
Six in the third place means: Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon. Misfortune.
Line 4
六四 師左次。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The army retreats. No blame.
Line 5
六五 田有禽。利執言。无咎。長子帥師。弟子輿尸。貞凶。
Six in the fifth place means: There is game in the field. It furthers one to catch it. Without blame. Let the eldest lead the army. The younger transports corpses; Then perseverance brings misfortune.
Line 6
上六 大君有命。開國承家。小人勿用。
Six at the top means: The great prince issues commands, Founds states, vests families with fiefs. Inferior people should not be employed.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
季姬踟躕，結衿待時。終日至暮，百兩不來。
Lady Ji hesitates and lingers, knotting her sash, awaiting the time. From dawn until dusk; the hundred wedding carriages do not come.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water hidden within the earth marshals action, but the youngest lady Ji hesitates and waits in vain. She ties her sash and lingers expectantly, echoing the Shijing's image of the modest maiden at the city corner who waits but never appears. From morning until dusk she watches, yet the hundred wedding carriages never come. The 'hundred carriages' alludes to the grand bridal procession of the Shijing ode 'Que Chao,' where a proper match is celebrated with elaborate ceremony. From The Army to Fellowship, the collective should unite as fire joins heaven. But fellowship requires reciprocity; when the other party fails to arrive, even the most patient devotion is left standing alone.
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