咸 → 巽
Hexagram 31: Influence → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Line 2
六二 咸其腓。凶。居吉。
Six in the second place means: The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. Tarrying brings good fortune.
Line 4
九四 貞吉悔亡。憧憧往來。朋從爾思。
Nine in the fourth place means: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. If a man is agitated in mind, And his thoughts go hither and thither, Only those friends On whom he fixes his conscious thoughts Will follow.
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
魴生淮郤，一轉為百，周流四海，無有患惡。
Bream are born in the waters of the Huai; one becomes a hundred. Circling through the four seas; without misfortune or harm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake upon a mountain, and from a single source, abundance multiplies. Bream fish born in the bend of the Huai River multiply a hundredfold from one generation, circulating through all four seas without encountering harm or ill fortune. The Huai River was one of the Four Great Rivers of classical geography, and its bream (魴) was prized. The verse celebrates exponential natural increase: from a single origin, wealth and vitality spread everywhere with no obstacle. From Influence to the Gentle, the mountain's receptive openness becomes doubled wind — the persistent, penetrating influence that enters everywhere gradually. What begins as a small stirring of mutual feeling multiplies through the Gentle's pervasive quality until it reaches every corner of the world, spreading benefit like fish multiplying through connected waterways.
The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store