Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 33: Retreat

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

樹表為壇,相與期言。午中不會,寵名棄廢。

They raised a tree to mark the altar, and pledged to meet with spoken vows. At noon the other does not appear; the honored name is cast aside.

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

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