无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 33: Retreat

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Heaven
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

宮成立政,衣就缺袂。恭謙為衛,終無禍尤。

The palace is built, governance established; the robe is finished yet the sleeve cut short. Reverence and humility serve as protection; in the end, no blame or fault.

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

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