Hexagram:Influence →Hexagram:The Army
I-Ching Transformation
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
→
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).
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 5: 咸其脢無悔
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
脢méineck and shoulders
無wúwithout
悔huǐregrets
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramMountain →Waterstillness to abysmal
Yilin Verse
梁破橋壞，水深多畏，陳鄭之間，絕不得前。
The beam breaks, the bridge collapses; the water runs deep and fearsome. Between Chen and Zheng; the way is cut, none can advance.
— 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 7 (The Army). 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.