Hexagram:The Receptive →Hexagram:Retreat
I Ching Transformation
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
→
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Mountainreceptive to stillness
Yilin Verse
鴟鴞破斧，邦人危殆。賴其忠德，轉禍為福，傾危復立。
The owl breaks the axe; the people are in peril. By virtue of loyal integrity, disaster turns to blessing; the tottering is set upright again.
— 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 33 (Retreat). 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.