坤 → 井
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 48: The Well
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
三女求夫，伺候山隅。不見復關，泣涕漣如。
Three women seek husbands, waiting and watching at the mountain’s bend. They do not see the returning carriage; tears flow in streaming drops.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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