Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Army
Earth / Water
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

甘露醴泉,太平機關。仁德感應,歲樂民安。

Swords and spears are stored away; horses are loosed on the southern hills. Fields are freshly plowed; children walk along singing.

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

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