Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:The Receptive
I Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
子鉏執麟，《春秋》作元；陰將以終，尼父悲心。
Zichu captures the qilin; the Spring and Autumn Annals begins. Yin is about to end; Master Ni grieves in his heart.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 9 (Small Taming) 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.