遯 → 艮
Hexagram 33: Retreat → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
→
䷳
艮
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain → Mountain
Yilin Verse
路多枳棘，步刺我足，不利旅客，為心作毒。
Loose rocks and collapsed cliff — the path is severed, no bridge remains. Standing alone at the cliff's edge, unable to advance or retreat.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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