Hexagram:Great Preponderance →Hexagram:The Receptive
I Ching Transformation
28
Great Preponderance
Da Guo
Lake / Wind
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Yilin Verse
鬼泣哭社，悲商無後。甲子昧爽，殷人絕祀。
Ghosts weep and wail at the shrine; sorrowful Shang has no heir. At dawn on the jiazi day; the Yin people’s sacrifices are cut off.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 28 (Great Preponderance) to hexagram 2 (The Receptive). 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.