Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:The Army
I Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
鑿山通道，南至嘉國；周公祝祖，襄適荊楚。
Cutting through mountains to open roads, heading south to a fair land. The Duke of Zhou offers ancestral prayers; Xiang goes to the land of Jing and Chu.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 9 (Small Taming) to hexagram 7 (The Army). 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.