Hexagram 2 · line 6
The Receptive
坤Kūn
Dragons contend in the open country; their blood is dark and yellow.
Line statement
上六
龍戰于野，其血玄黃。
Dragons contend in the open country; their blood is dark and yellow.
The dragons contend at the top, where six yielding places have reached their limit. Firming Line 6 produces Hexagram 23, one unbroken line above five broken lines.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · boundary
Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 3: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 3; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes