Hexagram:Influence →Hexagram:Inner Truth
I-Ching Transformation
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
→
61
Inner Truth
Zhong Fu
Wind / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 咸其拇
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
拇mǔbig toes
Line 2: 咸其腓凶居吉
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
腓féilower legs
凶xiōngdisappointing
居jūto abide
吉jíis promising
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 6: 咸其輔頰舌
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
輔fǔmaxilla
頰jiájawbones: and mandible
舌shéand tongue
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
三頭六月，道畏難宿，寒苦之國，利不可得。
Three heads in the sixth month; the road is fearsome, hard to find lodging. A land of cold and hardship; profit cannot be had.
— 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 61 (Inner Truth). 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.