Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 33: Retreat

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

彭名為妖,暴龍作災。盜堯衣裳,聚跖荷兵。青禽照夜,三旦夷亡。

Black banners cover the fields — bandits gather their camp. Beacon fires burn for three months, nights without peace. Suddenly heavenly thunder splits the commander's tent — the bandits scatter in all directions, wailing like ghosts.

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

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