咸 → 晉
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 35: Progress
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
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 5
九五 咸其脢。无悔。
Nine in the fifth place means: The influence shows itself in the back of the neck. No remorse.
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
周城之降，越裳夷通。疾病多祟，鬼哭其公，鳥子野心，宿客不同。
The walls of Zhou fall; the distant Yuechang barbarians come through. Illness brings many hauntings; ghosts weep for their lord. The bird's offspring have a wild heart; the lodged guest does not belong.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake upon a mountain, and the verse unfolds in contrasting panels. First, the fall of a Zhou city and the tribute of the distant Yuechang people — the Yuechang, a people from the far south (modern Vietnam region), who according to tradition sent white pheasants to the court of King Cheng of Zhou, acknowledging Zhou's virtue. Then a dark pivot: illness multiplied by demonic affliction, spirits wailing over a lord, a bird's fledgling harboring wild ambitions, and a guest whose loyalties lie elsewhere. From Influence to Progress, the mountain's receptive feeling becomes fire emerging above the earth — daylight advancing. The dual structure mirrors Progress's complexity: virtue's radiance reaches even the remotest peoples, yet within the court itself, sickness and disloyalty fester beneath the surface of advancing light.
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