解 → 坤
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷧
解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
膠著木連，不出牢關。家室相安。
Glued fast, wood joined to wood; one does not leave the barred gate. The household rests in peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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