Hexagram:The Army →Hexagram:Influence
I Ching Transformation
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
→
31
Influence
Xian
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramWater →Mountainabysmal to stillness
Yilin Verse
長尾委蛇，畫地成河，深不可涉。絕無以比，惆悵會息。
The long-tailed serpent, winding like a snake; drawing a line on the ground, it becomes a river, deep and uncrossable. Cut off, with nothing to compare; melancholy, then it ceases.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 7 (The Army) 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.