坤 → 屯
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷂
屯
Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
蒼龍單獨，與石相觸。摧折兩角，室家不足。
The blue dragon stands alone, striking against stone. Its two horns snap and break; house and home are left wanting.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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