Hexagram 19 · line 1
Approach
臨Lín
Approaching together through shared influence. Constancy is favorable.
Line statement
初九
咸臨，貞吉。
Approaching together through shared influence. Constancy is favorable.
The first of two firm lines approaches together with the second at the bottom of the figure. If Line 1 yields, lower lake becomes water and Hexagram 7 results.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes