Hexagram:Youthful Folly →Hexagram:Influence
I-Ching Transformation
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
→
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 包蒙吉納婦吉子克家
包bāoincluding
蒙méngthe inexperienced
吉jípromising
納nàaccepting
婦fùwoman
吉jípromising
子zǐyoung one
克kècan manage
家jiāfamily
Line 3: 勿用取女見金夫不有躬無攸利
勿wùit is not at all
用yònguseful
取qǔto pair
女nǚmaiden
見jiànwho sees
金jīnof
夫fūgentleman
不bùand does not
有yǒuown
躬gōngher
無wúthis is no
攸yōudirection
利lìwith merit
Line 4: 困蒙吝
困kùnsurrounded
蒙méngimmaturity
吝lìnembarrassment
Line 5: 童蒙吉
童tóngyoung
蒙ménginexperienced
吉jípromising
Line 6: 擊蒙不利為寇利禦寇
擊jīstriking
蒙ménginexperience
不bùnot
利lìworthwhile
為wéito be
寇kòuassailant
利lìworthwhile
禦yùto defend against
寇kòuassailant
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Lower TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
憂禍解除，喜至慶來。坐立歡門，與樂為鄰。
Worry and misfortune are dispelled; joy arrives, celebration comes. Sitting and standing at the gate of gladness; dwelling as neighbors with delight.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly) to hexagram 31 (Influence). 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.