否 → 咸
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 31: Influence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Line 3
六三 包羞。
Six in the third place means: They bear shame.
Line 6
上九 傾否。先否後喜。
Nine at the top means: The standstill comes to an end. First standstill, then good fortune.
Trigram Changes
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
Commentary
Heaven and earth stand apart as blossoms thin and fruit withers, garments wear to rags like open netting. The woman's weaving goes unfinished, yet the silk and cloth remain precious as jade. From Standstill to Influence, Pi's stagnation meets the lake resting upon the mountain — mutual responsiveness, the open receptivity of Xian. The verse presents a paradox of scarcity and value: the flowers fade, the clothes decay, the weaving fails, yet what little fabric exists is treasured like jade. Influence operates through emptiness — the hollow heart that receives. Here, the impoverishment itself creates the condition for valuing what remains. When everything is worn thin, even a scrap of silk commands the reverence due to jade.
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