坤 → 剝
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷖
剝
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → Earth
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
南山大玃，盜我媚妾。怯不敢逐，退而獨宿。
The great ape of the southern mountains steals my lovely concubine. Too timid to give chase, I retreat and sleep alone.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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