Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

舉首望城,不見子貞,使我悔生。

Raising my head, I gaze toward the city; I do not see Zizhen. This makes me regret being alive.

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

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