Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

盛中後跌,衰老復掇,盈滿減毀,疾羸肥腯,鄭昭失國,重耳與立。

Prosperous at the height, then stumbling in decline; the wasted recover, the full are diminished. Overflowing fullness leads to ruin; the sick grow stout again. Duke Zhao of Zheng lost his state; Chong'er was restored.

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

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