Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Increase
I-Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 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 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
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 →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
削根燒株，不生肌膚。病在心腹，日以燋枯。
Cutting the root, burning the stump; no flesh can grow. The sickness is in the heart and belly; daily withering to dryness.
— 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 42 (Increase). 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.