Hexagram 7 · line 2
The Army
師Shī
At the center of the army: favorable, no fault. The king grants command three times.
Line statement
九二
在師中，吉，无咎，王三錫命。
At the center of the army: favorable, no fault. The king grants command three times.
The second place is the host's only firm line and its center of command. If it yields, all six lines are broken and the result is Hexagram 2.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an even place: not aligned
Its yang polarity does not match the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes