What this change means
Striking the ignorant, says the top line, and it adds a distinction: being the raider isn't favorable, but stopping the raider is. As this line moves, the mountain above becomes earth, and 4 Immaturity turns into water held within the ground. The practical advice is direct. Accept the consequences of your actions, and correct what needs correcting. Discipline is useful now, but it should guard and repair, not attack.
The resulting hexagram, 7 The Army, says that whatever your question, a good answer comes from discipline and organization. Face the situation head-on and speak clearly about what you want, without trying to impose it. Watch for turning correction into punishment, of yourself or of others. Own what went wrong, put order into what you do next, and use your firmness to protect rather than to strike.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 6 of 4 Immaturity
Accepting the consequences of your actions and correcting what's needed will help you right now.
Striking the ignorant. Being a raider is not favorable; stopping the raider is favorable.
- The judgment of 4 Immaturity
Be aware that you don't yet have the maturity you need to reach what you're after in the area of your question. Act with humility: ask for guidance, seek advice and counsel, and put what you're told into practice.
Success. I do not go looking for the ignorant youth; the ignorant youth comes looking for me. The first time the oracle is asked, I answer. A second and a third asking is an offense, and an offense gets no answer. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 7 The Army
Whatever your question, the favorable answer comes from acting with discipline and organization: face the situation head-on and speak clearly, say what you want, without trying to impose it.
The constancy of a seasoned leader brings good fortune. No fault.
The trigrams
The way back
7 The Army → 4 Immaturityline 6
Other transformations of Immaturity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.