Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 31: Influence

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

花薄實槁,衣弊如絡。女功不成,絲布如玉。

Flowers are thin, fruit is withered; clothes are worn to netting. The woman's work is not finished; silk cloth is precious as jade.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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