Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Great Preponderance

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramEarth Windreceptive to gentle

Yilin Verse

瘤癭禿疥,為身瘡害。疾病癃殘,常不遠逮。

Tumors, goiters, baldness, and scabies; sores and afflictions of the body. Illness and crippling disability; always one falls short and cannot reach.

— 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 28 (Great Preponderance). 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.