Hexagram:Peace →Hexagram:Retreat
I-Ching Transformation
11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
→
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 拔茅茹以其彙征吉
拔bápulling
茅máothatch
茹rúby the roots
以yǐthereby
其qíuprooting its
彙huìwhole cluster
征zhēngto expedite
吉jípromising
Line 2: 包荒用馮河不遐遺朋亡得尚于中行
包bāoembrace
荒huāngthe wilderness
用yòngpractical
馮píngto cross
河hériver
不bùavoid
遐xiáaloofness
遺yíneglect
朋péngcompanions
亡wángimpermanent
得délearn
尚shàngthe value
于yúin
中zhōngbalanced
行xíngaction
Line 4: 翩翩不富以其鄰不戒以孚
翩piānfluttering
翩piānfluttering
不bùno
富fùenrichment
以yǐmaking use of
其qíone's
鄰línneighbors
不bùavoid
戒jièlimit
以yǐthe ways
孚fútrust
Line 5: 帝乙歸妹以祉元吉
帝dìLord
乙yǐYi (next to the last Shang Emperor)
歸guīgiving
妹mèihis little sister
以yǐmeant
祉zhǐhappiness
元yuánfirst-rate
吉jígood fortune
Line 6: 城復于隍勿用師自邑告命貞吝
城chéngthe city walls
復fùfalls back
于yúinto
隍huángthe moat (a dry ditch at the base of a wall)
勿wùdo not
用yòngengage
師shīthe military
自zìin
邑yìhome town
告gàoannounce
命mìngthe decree
貞zhēnto persist
吝lìnembarrassing
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
右撫劍頭，左受鉤帶；凶訟不止，相與爭戾。失利市肆。
Right hand grips the sword's pommel; left receives the belt hook. Fierce litigation will not cease; they contend in mutual strife. Profit is lost in the marketplace.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 11 (Peace) to hexagram 33 (Retreat). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.