Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 31: Influence

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

三牛五䍧,重明作福,使我有得。疾人官獄,憂在心腹。

Three oxen and five rams; doubled brightness brings blessings, granting me gain. The afflicted man faces prison; worry lodges in the heart.

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

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