Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 31: Influence

Development
Wind / Mountain
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain Mountain

Yilin Verse

慈母念子,饗賜得士。蠻夷來服,以安王國。

A loving mother thinks of her children; feasting and bestowing, she wins the devotion of warriors. The barbarian tribes come to submit, thereby securing the kingdom.

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

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