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Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 64: Before Completion

The Army
Earth / Water
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Before Completion
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

鑽木取火,掘地索泉。主母飢渴,手為心禍。

Drilling wood for fire, digging earth for springs. The mistress thirsts and hungers; her hands become her heart's undoing.

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

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