Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Great Power

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
34
Great Power
Da Zhuang
Thunder / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Thunderreceptive to arousing
Lower TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

歲飢無年,虐政害民。乾溪驪山,秦楚結冤。

Famine year with no harvest; cruel governance harms the people. Qianxi, Lishan; Qin and Chu tie bitter grudges.

— 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 34 (Great Power). 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.