Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

Influence
Lake / Mountain
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

一身三口,語無所主。東西南北,迷惑失道。

One body, three mouths; words with no clear master. East, west, south, north; bewildered, losing the way.

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

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