Hexagram:The Joyous Hexagram:The Army

I Ching Transformation

58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramLake Waterjoyous to abysmal

Yilin Verse

早霜晚雪,傷害禾麥。損功棄力,飢无所食。

Early frost and late snow injure the grain and wheat. Effort lost, labor abandoned; hungry with nothing to eat.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 58 (The Joyous) 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.