坤 → 遯
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 33: Retreat
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
→
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
鴟鴞破斧，邦人危殆。賴其忠德，轉禍為福，傾危復立。
The owl breaks the axe; the people are in peril. By virtue of loyal integrity, disaster turns to blessing; the tottering is set upright again.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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