坤 → 損
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
拜跪請免，不得其哺。俛首衘枚，低頭北去。
Bowing and kneeling, begging for reprieve; no sustenance is given. Head lowered, biting down on the gag; head bowed, departing northward.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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