Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative

Yilin Verse

一簧兩舌,妄言謬語。三姸成虎,曾母投杼。

One reed, two tongues; reckless words, false speech. Three fabrications make a tiger; Zengzi’s mother throws her shuttle.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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