Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 33: Retreat

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

南行無遯,延頸後食。舉止失利,累為子孫。

Journeying south, no refuge to be found; craning the neck, eating only after delay. Every step loses advantage; the burden falls upon one's descendants.

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

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