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).
Line 1: 利用為大作元吉無咎
利lìworthwhile
用yòng(to be) applied? practiced? carried out?
為wéi(to) effect
大dàgreat
作zuòworks
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 或益之十朋之龜弗克違永貞吉王用享于帝吉
或huòsomebody
益yìincreases
之zhī(to) (this) one
十shí(by) ten
朋péng(matched) pairs
之zhīof
龜guītortoise
弗fú(one) (is) not
克kèable
違wéi(of
永yǒngeverlasting
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jí(is) promising
王wáng(a
用yòngapplies
享xiǎng(the) offering
于yúto
帝dìgod
吉jípromising
Line 5: 有孚惠心勿問元吉有孚惠我德
有yǒu(if
孚fúsincerity
惠huì(and a) kind(ly)
心xīnheart
勿wùnot at all
問wènquestion
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
有yǒu(there is
孚fúsincerity
惠huìkind(ness)
我wǒmy
德dévirtue
Line 6: 莫益之或擊之立心勿恆凶
莫mòno one
益yìincreases
之zhīthis
或huòsome
擊jīstrike(s)
之zhīthis
立lì(to) establish
心xīnheart
勿wùnot at all
恆héngconstancy
凶xiōng(is) ill-omened
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.