Hexagram:Influence Hexagram:Opposition

I Ching Transformation

31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Firejoyous to clinging
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

出門上堂,從容牖房,不失其常,天牢北戶,勞者憂苦。

Going out the door, ascending the hall; composed, passing by the window and room. Not losing the proper way; yet heaven's prison faces north. The laborer endures sorrow and hardship.

— 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 38 (Opposition). 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.