Hexagram:The Receptive →Hexagram:Innocence
I-Ching Transformation
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
→
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 履霜堅冰至
履lǚfootsteps
霜shuāngfrost
堅jiānsolid
冰bīngice
至zhìresults
Line 4: 括囊無咎無譽
括kuòtied up
囊nángbag
無wúno
咎jiùblame
無wúno
譽yùpraise
Line 5: 黃裳元吉
黃huánggolden
裳chángdress
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
Line 6: 龍戰于野其血玄黃
龍lóngdragons
戰zhànat war
于yúin
野yěwilds
其qítheir
血xuèblood
玄xuánindigo
黃huánggolden
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Thunderreceptive to arousing
Yilin Verse
延頭遠望，眯為目疾。不見叔姬，使伯心憂。
Craning the neck, gazing far; squinting makes the eyes ache. Not seeing the younger sister; the elder brother’s heart is filled with worry.
— 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 25 (Innocence). 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.