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31 Influence (wooing)
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"[With self restraint comes intensity] Above mountain there is marsh. Influence (Come into contact with). One uses emptiness to make peace with people."
Class: Integrating
Cooperative format : In hexagram 31, The seeking of satisfaction has become concentrated in that one has found what one wants or fits with. By initially putting oneself in a giving position one can thus stimulate the other. The line text is partially a step by step description of one rising to speak. The emphasis is on the intent and purpose of the act, putting it all together to make a whole. Contextually, we develop from a loose associating (13) through a stronger degree of loyalty but at a distance (56) to a refined, but restrained, degree of joining.
(All four hexagrams (58,31,52,41) deal with attaining satisfaction as implied by their base trigrams associated with submission/self-restraint. There is thus an overall bias to concentration in a literal and metaphoric senses; concentration allowed 'outwards' comes across as intenseness)
Oppositional format : lake against mountain.
Template/Persona format : Expansive bonding in a context of contractive bonding.
Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Mountain reflects Filtration (through personal discernment, derive rules, not given). The trigram of Lake reflects cooperative Exchange. Qualitative filtration through cooperative exchange is expressed as 'wooing'.
Hexagram 31 is the specific form of hexagram 27, hungering.
Goal of 31 - hexagram 58 (or 'how do I 58? - 31')
31 is the goal of 49 (or 'how do I 31? - 49' How do I 'intensely' focus? Through revolution/revelation)
The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 33. The raw base line position is described through analogy with 13 grouping/associating. It passes through hexagram 56 restrained journeying, loyalty before finding full expression in hexagram 31.
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Root Vertical Binary |
Quality Matrix |
Root Horizontal Binary |
Balance Matrix |
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41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
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38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
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61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
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10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
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19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
20 08 23 02 12 45 35 16 |
16 35 45 12 02 23 08 20 |
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54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
53 39 52 15 33 31 56 62 |
62 56 31 33 15 52 39 53 |
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60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
59 29 04 07 06 47 64 40 |
40 64 47 06 07 04 29 59 |
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58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
57 48 18 46 44 28 59 32 |
32 59 28 44 46 18 48 57 |
Above.
By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 33. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 33 as context.
Intense wooing leads to a drawing-in, even trickary.
It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.
To 'go with the flow', any hexagram that is changing into hexagram 41 reflects an influence of 31 on that hexagram in that the 'flow' is in hexagram 31 and as such this reflects the need to adapt to that flow and so take-on the properties and methods of 31.
