Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Great Possession
I-Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 師出以律否臧凶
師shīthe militia
出chūsets out
以yǐby
律lǜcode
否pǐif not
臧zāngright
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 3: 師或輿尸凶
師shīthe militia
或huòmay
輿yúto transport
尸shīdead bodies
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 4: 師左次無咎
師shīthe militia's
左zuǒin a fallback
次cìencampment
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 6: 大君有命開國承家小人勿用
大dàthe great
君jūnnoble
有yǒuassumes
命mìngfull command
開kāiestablish
國guóthe domains
承chéngand recognizes
家jiāthe clans
小xiǎothe lesser
人rénpeople
勿wùare not at all
用yònguseful
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Yilin Verse
鴻鴈翩翩，始怨勞苦。災疫病民，鰥寡愁憂。
Wild geese fly in disarray; at first they lament toil and hardship. Plague and pestilence afflict the people; the widowed and orphaned are filled with grief.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 7 (The Army) to hexagram 14 (Great Possession). 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.