大過

Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

敝笱在梁,魴逸不禁,漁父勞苦,藏空乾口。

The tattered fish-trap sits on the weir; the bream escapes unchecked. The fisherman toils in vain; his stores are empty, his mouth parched.

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

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