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The Receptive Hexagram 2 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
Vast virtue, receptive and tolerant
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The Judgment
The Receptive works sublime success, furthering through the perseverance of the mare.
The Six Moving Lines
- Six at the beginningTreading on frost — the hard ice will come.初六：履霜，坚冰至。
- Six in the second placeStraight, square, great — without practice nothing fails to further.六二：直、方、大，不习，无不利。
- Six in the third placeHidden lines — one is able to remain persevering.六三：含章，可贞。或从王事，无成有终。
- Six in the fourth placeA tied-up sack — no blame, no praise.六四：括囊，无咎无誉。
- Six in the fifth placeA yellow lower garment — supreme good fortune.六五：黄裳，元吉。
- Six at the topDragons fight in the meadow; their blood is black and yellow.上六：龙战于野，其血玄黄。