Hexagram:The Receptive →Hexagram:The Joyous
I-Ching Transformation
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
→
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1: 履霜堅冰至
履lǚfootsteps
霜shuāngfrost
堅jiānsolid
冰bīngice
至zhìresults
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 4: 括囊無咎無譽
括kuòtied up
囊nángbag
無wúno
咎jiùblame
無wúno
譽yùpraise
Line 5: 黃裳元吉
黃huánggolden
裳chángdress
元yuánmost
吉jípromising
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
車馳人趍，卷甲相仇。齊魯寇戰，敗於犬丘。
Chariots race, men rush; donning armor, taking up feuds. Qi and Lu raid and battle; defeated at Dog Hill.
— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.