Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

The Army
Earth / Water
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

惡來呼伯,慎驚外客。甲守閉宅,以備凶急。臨折之憂,將滅無災。

Wu Lai calls out for his brother; be cautious -- a stranger approaches. Armored men guard and bar the house, to prepare against sudden danger. The threat of collapse looms; yet it shall pass without disaster.

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

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