巽 → 坤
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷸
巽
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
有鳥飛來，集于宮樹。鳴聲可畏，主將出去。
A bird comes flying; it alights on the palace tree. Its cry inspires dread; the lord must depart.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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