坤 → 隨
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 17: Following
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
舉被覆目，不見日月。衣裳簠簋，就長夜室。
Lifting the quilt to cover the eyes, seeing neither sun nor moon. Garments and ritual vessels enter the long night’s chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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