Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 22: Grace

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Grace
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

三人異趣,反覆迷惑。一身五心,亂無所得。

Three men with different aims; going back and forth in confusion. One body with five hearts; disordered, nothing is gained.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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