Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

The Army
Earth / Water
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

膚敏之德,發憤忘食。虜豹禽說,以成主德。

Keen and diligent in virtue; so devoted he forgets to eat. Capturing leopard and beast Shuo; to perfect the lord's virtue.

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

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