損 → 遯
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 33: Retreat
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
→
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake → MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
天之所予,福祿常在,不憂危殆。
Pines and cypresses stay green in all four seasons; Mount Tai has not moved in a thousand years. Heaven sends sweet rain to nourish dry timber — with deep roots, why fear the storm's blast?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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