Hexagram

31. Hsien - Influence (Wooing)

Tui The joyous, Lake

Kên Keeping still, Mountain

Influence. Success.
Perseverance furthers.
To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.

A lake on the mountain:
The image of influence.
Thus the superior man encourages people to approach him
By his readiness to receive them.

Six at the beginning means:

The influence shows itself in the big toe.
Six in the second place means:

The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs.
Misfortune.
Tarrying brings good fortune.
Nine in the third place means:

The influence shows itself in the thighs.
Holds to that which follows it.
To continue is humiliating.
Nine in the fourth place means:

Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse disappears.
If a man is agitated in mind,
And his thoughts go hither and thither,
Only those friends
On whom he fixes his conscious thoughts
Will follow.
Nine in the fifth place means:

The influence shows itself in the back of the neck.
No remorse.
Six at the top means:

The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue.