Hexagram:The Receptive →Hexagram:Breakthrough
I Ching Transformation
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
→
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
一簧兩舌，妄言謬語。三姸成虎，曾母投杼。
One reed, two tongues; reckless words, false speech. Three fabrications make a tiger; Zengzi’s mother throws her shuttle.
— 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 43 (Breakthrough). 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.