Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Great Possession

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

奸延惡人,使德不通。炎火為殃,禾穀大傷。

Treacherous and vile men obstruct virtue’s passage. Blazing fire brings ruin; grain and crops are greatly harmed.

— 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 14 (Great Possession). 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.