渙 → 咸
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 31: Influence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 2
九二 渙奔其机。悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: At the dissolution He hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
Line 3
六三 渙其躬。无悔。
Six in the third place means: He dissolves his self. No remorse.
Line 4
六四 渙其羣元吉。渙有丘。匪夷所思。
Six in the fourth place means: He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
Line 6
上九 渙其血。去逖出。无咎。
Nine at the top means: He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, Is without blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
白烏衘餌，鳴呼其子。施翼張翅，來從其母。
The white crow holds food in its beak, calling out to its young. They spread their wings and flutter up, coming back to their mother.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water carries nourishment to the scattered young. A white bird holds food in its beak, calling to its chicks. The fledglings spread their wings and flutter toward their mother. The image is pure maternal devotion: the parent disperses outward to gather sustenance, then calls the family back together. Mountain below the lake creates the image of Influence — the young man courting the maiden, receptivity above, stillness below, a mutual attraction that needs no force. From Dispersion to Influence, the verse reveals that scattering can serve connection. The mother bird's flight outward is not abandonment but the necessary dispersal that makes reunion nourishing. Influence arises naturally when care, not command, is the binding force.
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