Hexagram:The Army Hexagram:Coming to Meet

I Ching Transformation

7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater Windabysmal to gentle

Yilin Verse

甲胄滿身,汗透衣裳。戰罷無功,歸田種桑。

Armor head to toe, sweat soaking through the clothes. The battle ends without glory — returning to the fields to plant mulberry.

— 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.