Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

車馳人趍,卷甲相仇。齊魯寇戰,敗於犬丘。

Chariots race, men rush; donning armor, taking up feuds. Qi and Lu raid and battle; defeated at Dog Hill.

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

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