坤 → 艮
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷳
艮
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
塗遏道塞，求事不得。
The road is blocked, the way sealed; endeavors are not achieved.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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