Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

The Army
Earth / Water
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

春桃生花,季女宜家。受福且多,在師中吉,男為封君。

Spring peach blossoms open; the young daughter makes a good home. She receives many blessings; in the army, auspicious -- the son becomes an enfeoffed lord.

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

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