師 → 蒙
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
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
折葉蔽目，不見稚叔。三足孤烏，遠其元夫。
Folding a leaf to cover the eyes, unable to see the young uncle. The three-legged solitary crow; far from her original husband.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water hidden within the earth suggests disciplined vision, but here a leaf held before the eyes blocks all sight. The phrase 'folding a leaf to cover the eyes' evokes the proverb about self-deception — one who cannot see what stands directly before him. The three-legged crow, the sun-bird who should illuminate the world, has become solitary and estranged from its mate. Unable to see the young and familiar, far from its proper partner, the verse describes willful blindness that severs intimate bonds. From The Army to Youthful Folly, the disciplined host degenerates into immaturity: a spring blocked at the mountain's base, fumbling in darkness of its own making.
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