Hexagram:Retreat →Hexagram:Peace
I-Ching Transformation
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
→
11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 遯尾厲勿用有攸往
遯dùnwithdrawing
尾wěithat
厲lìin distress
勿wùnot at all
用yònguseful
有yǒuto have
攸yōusomewhere
往wǎngto go
Line 2: 執之用黃牛之革莫之勝說
執zhíto bind
之zhīit
用yòngwith
黃huángyellow
牛niúcow
之zhī's
革gérawhide
莫mònone
之zhīwill
勝shèngsuccess in
說shuōgetting it loose
Line 4: 好遯君子吉小人否
好hǎoa voluntary
遯dùnretreat
君jūnthe noble
子zǐyoung one
吉jígood fortune
小xiǎothe ordinarily
人rénpeople
否pǐdeny
Line 5: 嘉遯貞吉
嘉jiācommendable
遯dùnretreat
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jíis promising
Line 6: 肥遯無不利
肥féihealthy
遯dùnretreat
無wúwithout
不bùdoubt
利lìworthwhile
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain →Heavenstillness to creative
Yilin Verse
縮緒亂絲，手與為哭。越畝逐兔，斷其襌襦。
Winding thread, tangled silk; hands join in it and weep. Crossing furrows to chase a hare; tearing one's unlined robe.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 33 (Retreat) to hexagram 11 (Peace). 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.