師 → 需
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷆
師
The Army
Earth / Water
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Yilin Verse
雀東求粒，誤入罔域。賴逢君子，脫復歸息。
A sparrow seeking grain in the east, straying into the domain of nets. Fortunately meeting a noble man; freed, it returns to rest.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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