Hexagram:Revolution →Hexagram:The Receptive
I-Ching Transformation
49
Revolution
Ge
Lake / Fire
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 鞏用黃牛之革
鞏gǒngbound
用yòngusing
黃huángyellow
牛niúcow
之zhī...'s
革gérawhide
Line 3: 征凶貞厲革言三就有孚
征zhēngto expedite
凶xiōngis ill-omened
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìis difficult
革géof change
言yánwhen talk
三sānthree times
就jiùhas
有yǒuthen be
孚fúconfident
Line 4: 悔亡有孚改命吉
悔huǐregret(s)
亡wángpass
有yǒube
孚fúconfident
改gǎichange
命mìngthe mandate
吉jípromising
Line 5: 大人虎變未占有孚
大dàthe mature
人rénhuman being
虎hǔtiger(-like)
變biàntransformation
未wèieven before
占zhāndivining
有yǒube
孚fúconfident
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramFire →Earthclinging to receptive
Yilin Verse
一門二關，結緝不便。峻道異路，日暮不到。
One gate, two barriers; bound and knotted, passage is not easy. The steep road diverges; by nightfall, one cannot arrive.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 49 (Revolution) 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.