䷁ Hexagram 2: Field

Judgment

THE RECEPTIVE brings about sublime success, Furthering through the perseverance of a mare. If you undertake something and try to lead, things go astray; But if you should follow, you will find guidance. It is favorable to find friends in the west and south, To forego friends in the east and north. Quiet perseverance brings good fortune.

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The earth's condition is receptive devotion. Thus the person who has breadth of character carries the outer world.

Description
Hexagram 2 is named 坤 (kūn), “Field”. Other variations include “the receptive”, “acquiescence”, and “the flow”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is identical.