Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

Peace
Earth / Heaven
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

濟深難渡,濡我衣袴;五子善櫂,脫無他故。

The ford is deep, hard to cross; it soaks my robes and trousers. Five skilled oarsmen ply the sweeps; we escape without mishap.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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