兌 → 坤
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
子鉏執麟，《春秋》作元。陰聖將終，尼父悲心。
An old tree holds an empty nest — the spring swallows do not return. Fallen petals fill the steps; there is no one left to sweep.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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