Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

昏人宜明,賣食老昌,國祚東表,號稱太公。

The dim-witted man finds brilliance; selling food, the old man prospers. The dynasty's fortune shines eastward; he is titled Grand Duke.

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

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