咸 → 同人
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).
Line 1
初六 咸其拇。
Six at the beginning means: The influence shows itself in the big toe.
Line 6
上六 咸其輔頰舌。
Six at the top means: The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
以鹿為馬，欺誤其主，聞言不信，三口為咎，黃龍三子，中樂不殆。
Calling a deer a horse; deceiving and misleading the lord. Words heard but not believed; three mouths bring blame. The Yellow Dragon's three sons; in their midst, joy without peril.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake upon a mountain stirs mutual feeling, but here feeling is weaponized as fraud. Someone points at a deer and calls it a horse, deceiving the sovereign — the famous stratagem of the Qin eunuch Zhao Gao, who tested courtiers' loyalty by presenting a deer as a horse and punishing any who disagreed. Words heard are not believed, and three mouths create calamity. Then the verse pivots: a yellow dragon appears with three offspring, and amid joy no harm arises. From Influence to Fellowship, the mountain's openness transforms into heaven and fire blazing together. Zhao Gao's coerced consensus is false fellowship; the yellow dragon's auspicious appearance signals genuine harmony. The transformation distinguishes true community — built on shared vision — from the counterfeit unity imposed by terror.
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