比 → 咸
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
杜口結舌，心中怫鬱。去菑患生，莫所告冤。
Mouth shut, tongue tied; the heart seethes with frustration. Fleeing disaster, calamity arises; with nowhere to plead one's grievance.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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