坤 → 蹇
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
三人逐兔，各爭有得。愛亡善走，多獲鹿子。
Three men chase a rabbit, each striving to take it. Forgetting love, prizing speed; they catch many fawns instead.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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