Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

白駒生芻,猗猗盛姝。赫喧君子,樂以忘憂。

The white colt grazes on fresh grass, lush and luxuriant. Radiant and splendid, the noble man; joyful, he forgets his cares.

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

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