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).
Line 1: 壯于前趾往不勝為咎
壯zhuàngvigorous
于yúin
前qiánadvancing
趾zhǐtoes
往wǎnggoing forward
不bùis not
勝shèngsuccessful
為wéimaking
咎jiùmistakes
Line 3: 壯于頄有凶君子夬夬獨行遇雨若濡有愠無咎
壯zhuàngvigorous
于yúin
頄qiúcheeks
有yǒuassuming
凶xiōngmisfortune
君jūnnoble
子zǐyoung one
夬guàiis decided
夬guàiin
獨dúall alone
行xíngbut
遇yùand
雨yǔrains
若ruòas if
濡rúgetting wet
有yǒuwas
愠yùndispleasure
無wúbut no
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 臀無膚其行次且牽羊悔亡聞言不信
臀túnrump
無wúwithout
膚fūskin
其qíone's
行xíngwalking
次cìis second-rate
且qiěfor now
牽qiānin tow
羊yángas
悔huǐregrets
亡wángwill
聞wénbut to hear
言yánthis
不bùis not
信xìnto believe
Line 5: 莧陸夬夬中行無咎
莧xiànwild edible greens
陸lùon the dry land
夬guàiresolved
夬guàito purge
中zhōngto balance
行xíngthe action
無wúis not
咎jiùwrong
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.