Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Influence
Lake / Mountain
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

昔憂解笑,故貪今富,載策履善,與福俱遇。

Past sorrows dissolve in laughter; former poverty turns to present wealth. Bearing plans, treading the path of good; meeting fortune at every turn.

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

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