Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 15: Modesty

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

修其翰翼,隨風向北。至虞夏國,與舜相得。年歲大樂,邑無盜賊。

Grooming its wings, following the wind northward. Reaching the realm of Yu and Xia, meeting Shun there. The year brings great happiness; in the town, no thieves or bandits.

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

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