Hexagram 31 Line 5: 九五
Position: Line 5 (Upper Trigram)九五 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
九五 咸其脢。无悔。
咸xiánmoving
其qíin
脢méineck and shoulders
無wúwithout
悔huǐregrets
Line Commentary
Influence in the back of the neck—the rigid part. The will stays firm, no confusion results. What happens in the unconscious depths cannot be forced. If you can't be influenced, you can't influence.
When This Line Changes
If Line 5 changes, Hexagram 31 Xian (Influence) transforms into Hexagram 62 Xiao Guo (Preponderance of the Small).
Parent Hexagram
Influence
Xian咸 (31)
Lake (兌) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain