Hexagram:The Receptive →Hexagram:The Caldron
I-Ching Transformation
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
→
50
The Caldron
Ding
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 2: 直方大不習無不利
直zhístraightforward
方fāngsquare
大dàcomplete
不bùwithout
習xípractice
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Line 3: 含章可貞或從王事無成有終
含hánrestrain
章zhāngdisplay
可kěsuited
貞zhēnpersistence
或huòsomeone
從cóngpursuing
王wángsovereign
事shìaffairs
無wúno
成chéngachievement
有yǒuhas
終zhōngclosure
Line 4: 括囊無咎無譽
括kuòtied up
囊nángbag
無wúno
咎jiùblame
無wúno
譽yùpraise
Line 6: 龍戰于野其血玄黃
龍lóngdragons
戰zhànat war
于yúin
野yěwilds
其qítheir
血xuèblood
玄xuánindigo
黃huánggolden
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Yilin Verse
望尚阿衡，太宰國公。藩屏輔弼，福祿來同。
Hoping for the Grand Protector; Grand Minister, Duke of State. Screen and shield, support and aide; blessings and fortune come together.
— 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 50 (The Caldron). 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.