Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 33: Retreat

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain Mountain

Yilin Verse

桃雀竊脂,巢於小枝;搖動不安,為風所吹;寒心慄慄,常憂殆危。

A sparrow pilfers grease, nesting on a slender branch. Shaking and never at rest; blown about by the wind. The heart is cold and trembling; always fearing peril and danger.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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