恆 → 坤
Hexagram 32: Duration → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷟
恆
Duration
Thunder / Wind
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
燕雀衰老，悲鴻入海，憂不在鄉，差池其羽。
Sparrows and swallows grow old; the grieving swan enters the sea. Sorrow lies not in the homeland; its wing-feathers fall uneven.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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