Hexagram:Retreat →Hexagram:Decrease
I Ching Transformation
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
→
41
Decrease
Sun
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramMountain →Lakestillness to joyous
Yilin Verse
安坐至暮，禍災不到，利詰奸妖，罪人弗赦。
Sitting peacefully until dusk; disaster and calamity do not arrive. Advantageous to interrogate the treacherous; the guilty are not pardoned.
— 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 41 (Decrease). 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.