Influence — mutual attraction, courtship, and gentle resonance.
This is a time of attraction and the meeting of hearts. Influence others by being genuinely open and receptive, not by pressure. Sincere feeling draws a true response.
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Influence places Lake (joyous, open) above Mountain (still, resting). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨，利贞，取女吉。
The Image · 大象
山上有泽，咸；君子以虚受人。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六咸其拇。象曰：咸其拇，志在外也。
- 六二咸其腓，凶，居吉。象曰：虽凶居吉，顺不害也。
- 九三咸其股，执其随，往吝。象曰：咸其股，亦不处也。志在随人，所执下也。
- 九四贞吉，悔亡，憧憧往来，朋从尔思。象曰：贞吉悔亡，未感害也。憧憧往来，未光大也。
- 九五咸其脢，无悔。象曰：咸其脢，志末也。
- 上六咸其辅，颊，舌。象曰：咸其辅，颊，舌，滕口说也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.