臨 → 坤
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → Earth
Lower TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
倉唐奉使，中山以孝；文侯悅喜，擊子徵召。
The sealed letter departs the capital; a fast horse raises dust over a thousand ridges. The recipient kneels in the courtyard — today, their name has reached the heavenly ear.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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