Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Influence
Lake / Mountain
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

九里十山,道卻峻難,牛馬不前,復反來還。

Nine miles, ten mountains; the road turns steep and hard. Ox and horse will not advance; they turn back and return again.

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

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