Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm

The Army
Earth / Water
Enthusiasm
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

北山有棗,使叔壽考。東嶺多栗,宜行賈市。陸梁雌雉,所至利喜。

On the north mountain are jujubes, giving the uncle long life. On the east ridge, many chestnuts; fit for trade and market. The strutting hen pheasant; wherever she goes, joy and profit.

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

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