Hexagram:Breakthrough →Hexagram:The Receptive
I Ching Transformation
43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
歲暮花落，陽入陰室。萬物伏匿，絕不可得。
At year's end flowers fall; the yang enters the chamber of yin. The ten thousand things lie hidden; utterly beyond reach.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 43 (Breakthrough) 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.