Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 31: Influence

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

後時失利,不得所欲;莫亨偕結,自逐自逐。

Behind the times, losing the advantage; unable to get what one desires. No success in joining together -- chasing, chasing, ever chasing.

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

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