Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

The Army
Earth / Water
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

讒父佞雄,賊亂邦國。生雖忠孝,敗恩不福。

Slanderous father, flattering hero; they wreck and disorder the state. Though born loyal and filial; grace is ruined, blessings lost.

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

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