Hexagram:The Joyous →Hexagram:The Receptive
I-Ching Transformation
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1: 和兌吉
和héresponsive
兌duìjoy
吉jípromising
Line 2: 孚兌吉悔亡
孚fútrusting
兌duìjoy
吉jípromising
悔huǐregret
亡wángpass
Line 4: 商兌未寧介疾有喜
商shāngmeasured
兌duìjoy
未wèiare less than
寧níngpeaceful
介jièlimit
疾jíurgency
有yǒuto attain
喜xǐjoy
Line 5: 孚于剝有厲
孚fútrue
于yúto
剝bōdisintegrating
有yǒuthere are
厲lìhardship
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Lower TrigramLake →Earthjoyous to receptive
Yilin Verse
老樹空巢，春燕不歸。落花滿階，掃亦無人。
An old tree holds an empty nest — the spring swallows do not return. Fallen petals fill the steps; there is no one left to sweep.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 58 (The Joyous) 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.