Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Influence
Lake / Mountain
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

華言風語,自相詿誤,終無凶事,安寧如故。

Flowery words, windy talk; they mislead only themselves. In the end, no ill befalls; all is peaceful as before.

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

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