坤 → 益
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
鶴盜我珠，逃於東隅。求之郭墟，不見所居。
The crane steals my pearl and escapes to the eastern corner. Searching the ruined market; its dwelling cannot be found.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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