隨 → 坤
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
唐虞相輔，鳥獸喜舞；安樂無事，國家富有。
Tang and Yu assisted each other; birds and beasts danced with joy. Peaceful and without incident, the state grew rich.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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