Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Yilin Verse
舜升大禹，石夷之野。徵詣玉闕，拜理水土。
Shun elevates Great Yu, from the wilderness of Shiyi. Summoned to the Jade Palace, appointed to manage flood and soil.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.