坤 → 坎
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).
Line 2
六二 直方大。不習无不利。
Six in the second place means: Straight, square, great. Without purpose, Yet nothing remains unfurthered.
Line 5
六五 黃裳。元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: A yellow lower garment brings supreme good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
東齊郭盧，嫁於洛都。俊良美好，媒利過倍。
From Guo and Lu in eastern Qi, married into the capital of Luo. Fair and fine and lovely; the matchmaker’s profit doubles.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth upon earth yields to doubled water — the Abysmal. A woman of eastern Qi, from the households of Guo and Lu, marries into the capital at Luoyang. Handsome and fine, the matchmaker's profit doubles. Doubled water, the image of Kan, represents repeated danger — yet the verse is cheerful, depicting a profitable marriage alliance across great distance. The bride travels from Qi in the east to Luo in the west, a journey fraught with peril but rewarded handsomely. From the Receptive to the Abysmal, the earth's flat expanse becomes the treacherous road the bride must cross. The doubled danger of Kan is navigated successfully because the journey's purpose — union and alliance — justifies the risk. Even the abyss can be crossed when the destination is worthwhile.
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