咸 → 益
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain → ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
耕石不生，棄禮無名，縫衣失針，襦袴不成。
Plowing stone, nothing grows; abandoning ritual, losing one's name. Sewing a garment, the needle is lost; jacket and trousers cannot be finished.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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