Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

Development
Wind / Mountain
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

杜飛門啟,憂患大解。不為身禍。

The shackles suddenly break, the ropes loosen on their own. The sick body newly recovered, walking into the east wind. Pushing open the door to gaze — heaven and earth are vast. A hundred birds sing together, ushering in spring's work.

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

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