Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Treading

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous

Yilin Verse

四足無角,君子所服。南征述職,以惠我國。

Four-footed and hornless, what the noble man wears. Traveling south to report on duties, thereby benefiting our state.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 2 (The Receptive) to hexagram 10 (Treading). 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.