Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

Dispersion
Wind / Water
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

蛇得澤草,不憂危殆。

The snake finds marsh grass in the wetland; it fears no peril or danger.

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

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