Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

曳綸河海,釣魴與鯉。王孫利得,以饗仲友。

Trailing a line in rivers and seas, angling for bream and carp. The prince profits from the catch, to feast with his companions.

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

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