坤 → 豫
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷏
豫
Enthusiasm
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
鈆刀攻玉，堅不可得。盡我筋力，眡蠒為疾。
A lead knife attacks jade; hard, it cannot be cut. Exhausting all sinew and strength; the silkworm cocoons become an affliction.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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