豫 → 遯
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 33: Retreat
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Line 3
六三 盱豫悔。遲有悔。
Six in the third place means: Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.
Line 5
六五 貞疾。恆不死。
Six in the fifth place means: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Line 6
上六 冥豫。成有渝。无咎。
Six at the top means: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, There is no blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
離女去夫，閔思苦憂；齊子無良，使我心愁。
The wife departs from her husband, grieving in bitter sorrow; the young lord of Qi is unworthy -- he makes my heart ache.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder stirs the earth, but a woman has left her husband, consumed by grief and bitter longing. The 'son of Qi' is without virtue, causing endless sorrow. The phrase 'Qi zi wu liang' echoes the Shijing ode 'Nan Shan' from the Qi Feng section, which laments the dissolute conduct of the ruling house of Qi and the suffering it inflicts on wives and families. The woman departs not out of caprice but from genuine mistreatment. From Enthusiasm to Retreat, the transformation carries this emotional logic: heaven withdraws above the mountain, and the gentleman distances himself from the petty. The abandoned wife's departure is itself a form of retreat — withdrawing from what has become harmful, even at the cost of deep sorrow.
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