Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

清人高子,久屯外野,逍遙不歸,思我慈母。

The men of Qing, led by Gao Zi; long garrisoned in the outer wilds. Wandering free, they do not return; thinking of their loving mothers.

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

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