Hexagram:Influence →Hexagram:Deliverance
I Ching Transformation
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
→
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Thunderinversion
Lower TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Yilin Verse
常葉折衝，佐鬭者傷，暴臣失國，良臣破殃。
Evergreen leaves break in the clash; those who join the fray are wounded. The violent minister loses the state; the loyal minister is destroyed by calamity.
— 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 40 (Deliverance). 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.