Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

缺埒无墠,難從東西,毀破我盆,泛棄酒食。

The low wall has no terrace; hard to go east or west. My basin is smashed and broken; wine and food cast away.

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

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