Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Following
I-Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
17
Following
Sui
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
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 2: 在師中吉無咎王三錫命
在zàiat
師shīthe militia
中zhōngthe center
吉jípromising
無wúnothing
咎jiùblame
王wángthe sovereign
三sānthree times
錫xīgrants
命mìngdecrees
Line 4: 師左次無咎
師shīthe militia's
左zuǒin a fallback
次cìencampment
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 5: 田有禽利執言無咎長子帥師弟子輿尸貞凶
田tiánthe fields
有yǒuholds
禽qíngame
利lìworthwhile
執zhíto control
言yánthe talking
無wúno
咎jiùblame
長zhǎngthe elder
子zǐson
帥shuàicaptains
師shīthe militia
弟dìthe younger
子zǐson
輿yúwould only transport
尸shīthe corpses
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngunfortunate
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
干旄旌旗，撫幟在郊。雖有寶玉，无路致之。
Banners and pennants, feathered standards; holding ensigns in the field. Though there are precious jades; there is no road to deliver 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 7 (The Army) to hexagram 17 (Following). 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.