Hexagram:Influence Hexagram:Approach

I-Ching Transformation

31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Line 1: 咸其拇

xiánmoving
in
big toes

Line 2: 咸其腓凶居吉

xiánmoving
in
féilower legs
xiōngdisappointing
to abide
is promising

Line 3: 咸其股執其隨往吝

xiánmoving
in
thighs
zhímanage
those
suíconsequences
wǎngto go ahead
lìnis embarrassing

Line 4: 貞吉悔亡憧憧往來朋從爾思

zhēnpersistence
is promising
huǐregrets
wángpass
chōngif
chōngand ambivalent
wǎngin whether to go
láior to come
péngyour companions
cóngwill follow
ěryour
thoughts

Line 5: 咸其脢無悔

xiánmoving
in
méineck and shoulders
without
huǐregrets

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

祝駝王孫,能事鬼神,節用綏民,衛國以存,饗我旨酒,眉壽多年。

Zhutuo the prince; able to serve ghosts and gods. Restraining expenditure, easing the people; the state of Wei thus endures. They feast us with fine wine; long-browed longevity, many years.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 31 (Influence) to hexagram 19 (Approach). 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.