Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:The Receptive
I Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
招殃來螫，害我邦國；病在手足，不得安息。
Inviting calamity, drawing stings; harming our domain. The affliction is in the limbs; one finds no rest.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 1 (The Creative) to hexagram 2 (The Receptive). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.