Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

自衛反魯,時不我與。冰炭異室,仁道隔塞。

Returning from Wei to Lu; the times do not favor me. Ice and charcoal in separate rooms; the way of benevolence is blocked.

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

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