歸妹

Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 33: Retreat

歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

憂人之患,履悖易顏,為身禍殘。率身自守,與喜相抱,長子成老。封受福祉。

Grieving over others' troubles, treading error, changing one's expression; calamity mars the body. Guarding oneself in discipline, embracing joy — the eldest son grows old. Enfeoffed, he receives blessings.

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

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