Guà Jìng - Yáo Ying

Hexagram Mirrors - Line Reflections
(line pathways)

Mirror group 31.4-39.4-32.3-40.3

About actions and reactions which engage others

31.4 yang: Lake-Water. Determination auspicious. Regrets disappear. Unsettled, going, coming. Friends comply with your thoughts.

Handling ideas or change in an open way makes it possible for others to connect with you and your aims.

39.4 yin: Water-Lake. To proceed: limping. To come: cooperation.

Being open and creative makes it possible for others to join in with your path.

Lines 31.4 and 39.4 are each others fanyao, the change Lake-Water and vv.
Like views on the same landscape but from a different side, asking for different actions.

32.3 yang: Wind-Fire. No steadiness in one's character. One might present a sheep offering. Determination Distress.

Your actions need structure or they will hurt others. Change and make it known.

40.3 yin: Fire-Wind. Carrying a burden on the back and also riding a carriage. Inviting robbers to approach. Determination: distress.

Giving the wrong message causes bad answers.

Lines 32.3 and 40.3 are each others fanyao, the change Fire-Wind and vv.
Like views on the same landscape but from a different side. Asking for different actions.

Lines 31.4 and 32.5 and also 39.3 and 40.3 are each others qianyao (upside-down). Here are similar actions but in different landscapes (context). What was up, outside or mental, is now down, inside or physical.

Mirror groups 31.4-39.4 and 37.3-42.3 are contrasts
(all yang lines of Mirror 31.4-39.4 are yin lines in Mirror 37.3-42.3 and vv)

Mirror 31.4 is about actions and reactions which engage others
Mirror 37.3 is about having a strong structure.

Explanations see How I found the Mirrors and how they work