坤 → 謙
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 15: Modesty
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷎
謙
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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