大畜

Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 26: Great Taming

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
大畜
Great Taming
Mountain / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative

Yilin Verse

左跌右僵,前躓觸桑,其指據石,傷其弟兄,老蚕不作,家無織帛,貴貨賤身,久留連客。

Stumbling left, falling right; tripping forward into the mulberry. His fingers clutch at stone; injuring his brothers. The old silkworms do not spin; the house has no woven cloth. Prizing goods over self; a lingering guest long detained.

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

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