Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 12: Standstill

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Heaven
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

海老水乾,魚鱉盡索,藁落无潤,獨有沙石。

The sea grows old, the water dries; fish and turtles are all exhausted. Withered and parched, no moisture remains; only sand and stones are left.

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

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