Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 19: Approach

Influence
Lake / Mountain
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

祝駝王孫,能事鬼神,節用綏民,衛國以存,饗我旨酒,眉壽多年。

Zhutuo the prince; able to serve ghosts and gods. Restraining expenditure, easing the people; the state of Wei thus endures. They feast us with fine wine; long-browed longevity, many years.

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

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