Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 11: Peace

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Peace
Earth / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative

Yilin Verse

縮緒亂絲,手與為哭。越畝逐兔,斷其襌襦。

Winding thread, tangled silk; hands join in it and weep. Crossing furrows to chase a hare; tearing one's unlined robe.

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

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