革 → 遯
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 33: Retreat
䷰
革
Revolution
Lake / Fire
→
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire → MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
退飛見祥，傷敗毀墜。守小失大，功名不遂。
Retreating in flight, an omen appears; wounded, ruined, and falling. Guarding the small, losing the great; merit and fame remain unfulfilled.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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