坤 → 觀
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
北辰紫宮，衣冠立中。含和建德，常受天福。
The North Star and the Purple Palace; robed and crowned, standing at the center. Embracing harmony, establishing virtue; always receiving heaven’s blessing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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