Hexagram:Influence →Hexagram:Nourishment
I-Ching Transformation
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
→
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 咸其拇
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
拇mǔbig toes
Line 3: 咸其股執其隨往吝
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
股gǔthighs
執zhímanage
其qíthose
隨suíconsequences
往wǎngto go ahead
吝lìnis embarrassing
Line 4: 貞吉悔亡憧憧往來朋從爾思
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
悔huǐregrets
亡wángpass
憧chōngif
憧chōngand ambivalent
往wǎngin whether to go
來láior to come
朋péngyour companions
從cóngwill follow
爾ěryour
思sīthoughts
Line 5: 咸其脢無悔
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
脢méineck and shoulders
無wúwithout
悔huǐregrets
Line 6: 咸其輔頰舌
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
輔fǔmaxilla
頰jiájawbones: and mandible
舌shéand tongue
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramMountain →Thunderstillness to arousing
Yilin Verse
華言風語，自相詿誤，終無凶事，安寧如故。
Flowery words, windy talk; they mislead only themselves. In the end, no ill befalls; all is peaceful as before.
— 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 27 (Nourishment). 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.