師 → 咸
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷆
師
The Army
Earth / Water
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
長尾委蛇，畫地成河，深不可涉。絕無以比，惆悵會息。
The long-tailed serpent, winding like a snake; drawing a line on the ground, it becomes a river, deep and uncrossable. Cut off, with nothing to compare; melancholy, then it ceases.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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