復 → 遯
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 33: Retreat
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
仲冬無秋，鳥鵲飢憂。困於米食，數驚鸇鵰。
Midwinter without autumn; the magpies and sparrows starve in worry. Desperate for grain and food; startled again and again by hawks and falcons.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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