咸 → 大有
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 咸其拇。
Six at the beginning means: The influence shows itself in the big toe.
Line 2
六二 咸其腓。凶。居吉。
Six in the second place means: The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. Tarrying brings good fortune.
Line 5
九五 咸其脢。无悔。
Nine in the fifth place means: The influence shows itself in the back of the neck. No remorse.
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
養幼新婚，未能出門，登宋望齊，不見太師。
Nurturing the young, newly wed; not yet able to go out the door. Ascending Song to gaze toward Qi; the Grand Tutor is not seen.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake upon a mountain nurtures feeling, and here the feeling is tenderly domestic. A young bride nourishes her newborn, not yet able to step outside the door. Then the verse shifts perspective: someone ascends the heights of Song and gazes toward Qi, but the Grand Preceptor is nowhere to be seen. The juxtaposition is striking — intimate domesticity against the vast distances of statecraft. The bride's confinement is natural and nurturing; the failure to see the Grand Preceptor across state boundaries suggests a broken channel of political influence. From Influence to Great Possession, the mountain's receptivity transforms into fire blazing in heaven: abundance should illuminate everything. Yet what is possessed at home cannot reach the world beyond, and the leader one seeks remains invisible despite the elevation of one's vantage.
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