Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

俱為天民,雲過吾西,伯氏嫉妬,與我無恩。

All alike are heaven's people; clouds pass west of me. The elder brother harbors jealousy; he shows me no kindness.

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

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