咸 → 无妄
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).
Line 1
初六 咸其拇。
Six at the beginning means: The influence shows itself in the big toe.
Line 3
九三 咸其股。執其隨。往吝。
Nine in the third place means: The influence shows itself in the thighs. Holds to that which follows it. To continue is humiliating.
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
男女合室，二姓同食。婚姻孔云，宜我孝孫。
Man and woman share one room; two families eat together. The marriage is spoken of with great praise; it befits our filial grandchildren.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake upon a mountain, the very image of mutual attraction, and here that attraction fulfills itself in marriage. Man and woman share a household, two surnames eat together under one roof. The marriage is auspicious, blessed by ancestral approval, and benefits the filial descendants who carry the line forward. The verse is remarkably direct for the Yilin: no disaster, no ambiguity, simply the proper completion of courtship in wedded harmony. From Influence to Innocence, the mountain's receptive feeling transforms into thunder rolling beneath heaven — spontaneous, natural, free of ulterior motive. Hexagram 25 is the Unexpected, action aligned with heaven's will without calculation. This marriage resonates with that purity: attraction that proceeds honestly to union, without deception or coercion, brings blessings to generations.
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