井 → 咸
Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
鉛刀攻玉，堅不可得。單盡我力，齒為疾賊。
Attacking jade with a lead knife; the hardness cannot be overcome. Spending all my strength to exhaustion; the teeth become agents of affliction.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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