Hexagram 2 · line 2
The Receptive
坤Kūn
Straight, square, and broad. Without deliberate practice, nothing is unfavorable.
Line statement
六二
直方大，不習无不利。
Straight, square, and broad. Without deliberate practice, nothing is unfavorable.
Straight, square, and broad describe the centered second place, which produces Hexagram 7 when made firm, leaving one unbroken line within a receptive field.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes