坤 → 蒙
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷃
蒙
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Yilin Verse
城上有烏，自名破家。招呼酖毒，為國患災。
On the city wall sits a crow, calling itself Breaker-of-Homes. It summons poison and venom, bringing plague and disaster to the state.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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