I Chinghexagram 07, depicted :|:::: is named 師 (shi1), Leading. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, The Army; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), The Troops. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...
Image of I Ching hexagram 07. ...
Inner (lower) trigram is ☵ (:|: 坎 kan3) Gorge = (水) water
Outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (::: 坤 kun1) Field = (地) earth
The skeletal form of hexagram 07 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 41 - Decrease (but here in the context of decrease representing concentration, distillation, as we do with forming an army or establishing 'uniformity', be it in dress or thinking)
The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With containment (water in lower) comes total trust in another/others (earth in upper)"
The analogy of the completeness of hexagram 07 is made to the general characteristics of hexagram 05 with its focus on active 'waiting' for one's time to come, where the moment is determined by the outside and whilst one waits one 'networks' (traditional text refers to drinking etc with others) with other likeminded.
When a hexagram is cast using one of the processes of Divination with I Ching, each of the lines may be indicated as moving or fixed.
This was concomitant with the reassessment of Confucianism by Confucians in the light of Taoist and Buddhist metaphysics, and is known in the West as Neo-Confucianism.
The binary arrangement of hexagrams was developed by the famous Chinese scholar and philosopher Shao Yung (a neo-Confucian and Taoist) in the 11th century.
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