Hexagram:The Receptive Hexagram:Small Taming

I Ching Transformation

2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

五軛四軌,復得饒有。陳力就列,騶虞悅喜。

Five yokes, four tracks; again one achieves abundance. Arraying one’s strength and taking position; the zouyu rejoices.

— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.