坤 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷔
噬嗑
Biting Through
Fire / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
稷為堯使，西見王母。拜請百福，賜我善子。
Ji was sent by Yao west to visit the Queen Mother. Bowing to request a hundred blessings; grant me a fine son.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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