Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 49: Revolution

The Army
Earth / Water
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

秋冬探巢,不得鵲雛。衘指北去,慚我少夫。

Searching nests in autumn and winter, no magpie chicks to find. Biting his finger, he goes north; I am ashamed before my young husband.

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

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