Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 19: Approach

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

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

玄黃虺隤,行者勞罷。役夫憔悴,踰時不歸。

Dark and ailing, stumbling on; the traveler is weary and spent. The conscript laborer is haggard; past his time, he does not return.

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

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