比 → 遯
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 33: Retreat
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷠
遯
Retreat
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
早霜晚雪，傷害禾麥。損功棄力，飢無所食。
Locust clouds blot out the sun; every ear of grain is stripped bare. The old farmer kneels in the mud, crying out to heaven.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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