Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 31: Influence

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

京庾積聚,黍稷以極。行者疾至,可以厭飽。

The capital granaries piled high; millet and grain to the brim. The traveler arrives in haste; able at last to eat his fill.

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

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