需 → 咸
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
早霜晚雪，傷害禾麥。損功棄力，飢無所食。
Early frost, late snow; they harm the grain and wheat. Effort is lost, labor discarded; starving, there is nothing to eat.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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