未濟

Hexagram 64: Before Completion → Hexagram 33: Retreat

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未濟
Before Completion
Fire / Water
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

唇亡齒寒,積日凌根。朽不可用,為身災患。

When lips are lost, teeth grow cold; frost accumulates day by day at the root. Rotted beyond use; it becomes calamity upon the body.

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

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