師 → 比
Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷆
師
The Army
Earth / Water
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
削樹無枝，與子分離。飢寒莫食，獨泣哀悲。
Pruning the tree bare of branches; parted from the child. Hungry, cold, with nothing to eat; weeping alone in sorrow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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