Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

The Army
Earth / Water
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

鴻飛在陸,公出不復。仲氏任止,伯氏客宿。

The wild goose flies over land; the lord departs and does not return. The second brother stays at his post; the eldest brother lodges abroad.

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

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