Hexagram:Conflict Hexagram:The Receptive

I Ching Transformation

6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater Earthabysmal to receptive

Yilin Verse

日入望東,不見子家。長女無夫,左手搔頭。

At sunset, gazing east, the child's home unseen. The eldest daughter has no husband; her left hand scratches her head.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 6 (Conflict) 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.