Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Biting Through
I-Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
21
Biting Through
Shi Ke
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 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 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 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 →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
采唐沫鄉，要我桑中。失信不會，憂思約帶。
Gathering herbs at the village of Mo; meeting me among the mulberries. Trust is broken, no rendezvous comes; grief and longing tighten the belt.
— 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 21 (Biting Through). 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.