Hexagram 2
Receptivity
Kun (The Receptive) (坤爲地)
Upper: ☷ Kun (坤) (Earth) · Lower: ☷ Kun (坤) (Earth)
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📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
Top Line
Yin
Fifth Line
Yin
Fourth Line
Yin
Third Line
Yin
Second Line
Yin
Initial Line
Yin
Outer (Upper Trigram)
☷ Kun (坤)
Nature: Earth (地)
Element: Earth (土)
Inner (Lower Trigram)
☷ Kun (坤)
Nature: Earth (地)
Element: Earth (土)
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
元亨，利牝馬之貞。君子有攸往，先迷後得主，利。西南得朋，東北喪朋。安貞吉。
Sublime receptivity and patient perseverance of a mare. Cultivate deep virtue and embrace all beings with boundless generosity.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
地勢坤，君子以厚德載物。
The earth's condition is receptive devotion. Thus the superior man who has breadth of character carries the outer world.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初六Bottom line (1st) · Yin履霜，堅冰至。Treading on frost, solid ice is coming.
- Line 2 六二2nd line · Yin直方大，不習無不利。Straight, square, and great; without practice, nothing fails to benefit.
- Line 3 六三3rd line · Yin含章，可貞。或從王事，無成有終。Holding one's brilliance within, one can remain steadfast. In the king's service, one claims no success, but brings the work to completion.
- Line 4 六四4th line · Yin括囊，無咎無譽。A tied-up sack: no blame, no praise.
- Line 5 六五5th line · Yin黃裳，元吉。A yellow lower garment: supreme good fortune.
- Line 6 上六Top line (6th) · Yin龍戰于野，其血玄黃。Dragons fight in the wilds; their blood is dark and yellow.
- All lines changing 用六Yin lines利永貞。It is beneficial to be perpetually steadfast.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
💼 Career & Vision:
Cooperate harmoniously with capable partners rather than forcing solitary advancement.
🤝 Relationships & Harmony:
Cultivate expansive trust by actively listening with empathy and deep receptive grace.
💰 Wealth & Foundations:
Focus on steady, foundational accumulation of wealth rather than speculative risks.