師 → 漸
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 53: Development
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 在師中吉。无咎。王三錫命。
Nine in the second place means: In the midst of the army. Good fortune. No blame. The king bestows a triple decoration.
Line 3
六三 師或輿尸。凶。
Six in the third place means: Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon. Misfortune.
Line 5
六五 田有禽。利執言。无咎。長子帥師。弟子輿尸。貞凶。
Six in the fifth place means: There is game in the field. It furthers one to catch it. Without blame. Let the eldest lead the army. The younger transports corpses; Then perseverance brings misfortune.
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
舜升大禹，石夷之野。徵詣玉闕，拜治水土。
Shun elevates Great Yu, from the wilderness of Shiyi. Summoned to the Jade Palace, appointed to govern flood and soil.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water hidden within the earth selects the worthy, and Emperor Shun summons Yu the Great from the stony wilderness. Called to the jade palace, Yu is appointed to manage the waters and the land. This verse closely parallels 7-9 with only a single character changed ('理' for '治'), and carries the same foundational narrative: the sage-ruler who discovers talent in the wild and entrusts it with the empire's most urgent task. From The Army to Development, trees grow gradually upon the mountain, rooted and rising by stages. Unlike 7-9's Small Taming, Development emphasizes the organic pace of proper advancement — Yu's appointment unfolds step by step through proven merit, not sudden elevation.
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