Hexagram:Retreat →Hexagram:Limitation
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
渠戎萬里，晝夜愁苦，櫜甲戎服，雖荷不賊，鷹鸇之殘，害不能傷。
The Qu Rong, ten thousand li away; day and night in grief and hardship. Sheathing armor, donning war garb; though burdened, they are not harmed. The cruelty of hawks and falcons; their harm cannot wound.
— 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 60 (Limitation). 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.