Hexagram 31 · line 3
Influence
咸Xián
Influence reaches the thighs. Holding fast to what one follows, going onward brings regret.
Line statement
九三
咸其股，執其隨，往吝。
Influence reaches the thighs. Holding fast to what one follows, going onward brings regret.
At Line 3, the thighs follow the lower limbs rather than directing movement themselves. Zhu Xi reads this as dependence on what one follows. Changing the firm line makes Earth below Lake and produces Hexagram 45.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · boundary
Line 3 is the boundary of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 6: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 6; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes