坤 → 否
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
六龍爭極，服在下飾。謹慎管鑰，結禁毋出。
Six dragons contend for the summit; yielding, they serve below. Guard carefully the locks and keys; bind fast, do not venture out.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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