Hexagram:Deliverance →Hexagram:Influence
I Ching Transformation
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
→
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Lakeinversion
Lower TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
登几上車，駕駟南遊。合散從橫，燕秦以強。
Mounting the platform and boarding the chariot, he drives four steeds south on a grand tour. Allying and sundering, weaving vertical and horizontal; Yan and Qin thereby grow strong.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 40 (Deliverance) 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.