井 → 坤
Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
雨師娶婦，黃岩季子。成禮既婚，相呼而歸，潤澤田里。
The Rain Master takes a bride; the youngest son of Huangyan. The rites complete, the marriage done, they call to one another and return; moistening and nourishing the fields and villages.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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