Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨，利贞，取女吉。
Influence. Success. Perseverance furthers. To take a maiden to wife brings good fortune.
Image
— Great Image
山上有泽，咸，君子以虚受人。
A lake on the mountain: the image of influence. Thus the superior person encourages people to approach by their readiness to receive them.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Six · 初六
⚋ yin
咸其拇。
The influence shows itself in the big toe.
First stirrings of feeling — too small to act on.
Six in the second · 六二
⚋ yin
咸其腓，凶，居吉。
The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. Tarrying brings good fortune.
Reactive jumping at the first sensation invites misfortune; holding still until clarity emerges is auspicious.
Nine in the third · 九三
⚊ yang
咸其股，执其随，往吝。
The influence shows itself in the thighs. Holds to that which follows it. To continue is humiliating.
Influence at the thighs — moved by what moves around you, no will of your own. Persistence is shameful.
Nine in the fourth · 九四
⚊ yang
贞吉，悔亡。憧憧往来，朋从尔思。
Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse disappears. If a person is agitated in mind and friends follow their thoughts, only those friends whom one consciously chooses will follow.
Steadfast feeling is auspicious; if the mind oscillates and seeks consensus among friends, only the chosen few will truly come.
Nine in the fifth · 九五
⚊ yang
咸其脢，无悔。
The influence shows itself in the back of the neck. No remorse.
Feeling at the nape — distant, not deep, but free of regret.
Six at the top · 上六
⚋ yin
咸其辅、颊、舌。
The influence shows itself in the jaws, cheeks, and tongue.
Only the mouth and tongue feel it — words without follow-through, talk without substance.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
User experience research, brand-emotion connection, business negotiation. Persuade with empathy, not metrics. Beware the top line: PR talk without product delivery.
Psychology & Cognition
Stay alert to environmental and others' emotional cues. In love and partnership, attend to genuine emotional flow rather than calculation.
Decision Guidance
Receive with openness (empty heart receives others). Reject the seduction of mere talk — the deepest influence acts through reality, not the tongue.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Carl Rogers on unconditional positive regard and empathic listening; Martin Buber's 'I and Thou' as the model of true encounter; design thinking's emphasis on empathy mapping; the contrast between Aristotelian 'logos' (substance) and 'pathos' (mere feeling-talk).
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.