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

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

登高傷軸,上阪棄粟,販鹽不利,買牛折角。

Climbing high, the axle breaks; ascending the slope, grain is abandoned. Selling salt without profit; buying an ox that breaks its horn.

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

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