Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Coming to Meet

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth Windreceptive to gentle

Yilin Verse

孤獨特處,莫與為旅。身日勞苦,使布五谷,陰陽順序。

Alone and solitary, with no companion. The body toils daily, yet plants the five grains; yin and yang follow their proper order.

— 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.