坎 → 坤
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
猿墮高木，不踒手足。保我金玉，還歸其室。
The boat breaks but the wind dies and waves calm. In soaked clothes, clutching the chest, climbing ashore. The pack is torn but the gold is not lost — distant lamplight marks the family gate.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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