Hexagram:Increase →Hexagram:The Army
I Ching Transformation
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
→
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
隴西冀北，多見駿馬。去如焱颺，害不能傷。
West of the ridges and north of Ji, fine warhorses abound. They vanish like windblown flame; no harm can touch them.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 42 (Increase) to hexagram 7 (The Army). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.