Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:The Wanderer
I-Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 6).
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 3: 師或輿尸凶
師shīthe militia
或huòmay
輿yúto transport
尸shīdead bodies
凶xiōngunfortunate
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 →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
空槽注豬，獖彘不到。張弓祝雞，雄父飛去。
An empty trough poured for pigs; the gelded boar does not come. Drawing a bow at the rooster; the cock flies away.
— 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.