Hexagram:Breakthrough →Hexagram:The Army
I Ching Transformation
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
→
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
青牛白咽，呼我俱田。歷山之下，可以多耕。歲稔時節，民人安寧。
The blue ox with white throat calls us to the fields together. Below Mount Li, much can be plowed. When the harvest ripens in season, the people dwell in peace.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 43 (Breakthrough) 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.