Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 6: Conflict

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep

Yilin Verse

天之德室,溫仁受福。衣裳所在,凶惡不起。

Heaven’s hall of virtue; warmth and benevolence receive blessings. Where the ceremonial robes reside, no evil arises.

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

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