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).
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.