師 → 離
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 師出以律。否臧凶。
Six at the beginning means: An army must set forth in proper order. If the order is not good, misfortune threatens.
Line 2
九二 在師中吉。无咎。王三錫命。
Nine in the second place means: In the midst of the army. Good fortune. No blame. The king bestows a triple decoration.
Line 3
六三 師或輿尸。凶。
Six in the third place means: Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon. Misfortune.
Line 4
六四 師左次。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The army retreats. No blame.
Line 6
上六 大君有命。開國承家。小人勿用。
Six at the top means: The great prince issues commands, Founds states, vests families with fiefs. Inferior people should not be employed.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
戴堯扶禹，從喬彭祖。西遇王母，道路夷易，無敢難者。
Upholding Yao, supporting Yu; following Qiao and Peng Zu. Meeting the Queen Mother in the west; the road is smooth and easy, none dare make it difficult.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water hidden within the earth reverently upholds the sages, and the verse invokes a constellation of sacred protectors. Bearing Yao's wisdom and supporting Yu's labor, following the immortals Chisongzi and Pengzu in longevity, one journeys westward to meet the Queen Mother of the West. The road lies smooth and easy; no one dares oppose the traveler. This is a vision of cosmic safe-conduct: under the combined patronage of sage-kings and immortals, all obstacles dissolve. From The Army to The Clinging, doubled fire illuminates the four directions. The army's hidden water is transmuted into radiant clarity — earthly force ascending into the luminous company of heaven's brightest exemplars.
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