Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

Revolution
Lake / Fire
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

一門二關,結緝不便。峻道異路,日暮不到。

One gate, two barriers; bound and knotted, passage is not easy. The steep road diverges; by nightfall, one cannot arrive.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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