Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 49: Revolution

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

螟蟲為賊,害我五穀。中霤空虛,家無所食。

Crop-eating insects are the bandits; they harm my five grains. The household altar stands empty; the family has nothing to eat.

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

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