困 → 坤
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
六鷁退飛，為襄敗祥。陳師合戰，右股夷傷。遂以薨崩，霸功不終。
Six herons fly in retreat, an ill omen for Duke Xiang. Marshaling troops and joining battle, his right thigh is wounded. Thereupon he perishes; his hegemon's work left unfinished.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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