Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 10: Treading

Influence
Lake / Mountain
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

南國凶飢,民食糟糠,少子困捕,利無所得。

The southern lands, fierce famine; the people eat chaff and husks. The young struggle in vain to catch fish; profit cannot be had.

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

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