Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 33: Retreat

Oppression
Lake / Water
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

三頭六足,欲盜東國。顏子在邇,禍滅不成。

Three heads and six feet, scheming to plunder the eastern state. But Yan Zi stands nearby; the plot dissolves and comes to nothing.

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

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