Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 31: Influence

Approach
Earth / Lake
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

泱泱沸溢,水泉為害,使我無賴。

Waters surging and boiling over; the springs become a bane, leaving me destitute.

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

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