Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

南山高罡,回隤難登,道里遼遠,行者无功。憂不成凶,惡亦消去。

The southern mountain's high ridge; winding and steep, hard to climb. The road is distant and far; the traveler achieves nothing. Worry does not become disaster; evil too shall pass away.

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

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