坤 → 需
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
霜降閉戶，蟄虫隱處。不見日月，與死為伍。
Frost falls, doors are sealed; hibernating creatures hide away. Seeing neither sun nor moon; companions of the dead.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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