小畜

Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 9: Small Taming

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

五軛四軌,復得饒有。陳力就列,騶虞悅喜。

Five yokes, four tracks; again one achieves abundance. Arraying one’s strength and taking position; the zouyu rejoices.

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

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