K'un / The Receptive

above: K'un The Receptive, Earth
below: K'un The Receptive, Earth

In the second [six], divided, (shows the attribute of) being straight, square, and great. (Its operation,) without repeated efforts, will be in every respect advantageous.

The symbolism of the lines is various. Paragraph 2 represents to us the Earth itself, according to the Chinese conception of it, as a great cube.