坤 → 漸
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 53: Development
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
探懷得蚤，無有凶憂。所願失道，善居漸好。
Reaching into the robe, finding only a flea; yet no ill omen follows. What was wished for strays from the path, but a good dwelling gradually improves.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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