Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 33: Retreat

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

三羖五䍧,相隨俱行。迷入空澤,循谷宜北。經涉六駁,為所傷賊。

Three rams and five goats follow each other walking. Lost, they enter an empty marsh; the valley leads north. Passing through, they encounter six leopards and are wounded by the predators.

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

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