Hexagram:Decrease →Hexagram:Retreat
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
松柏四季常青翠，泰山千載不曾移。天降甘霖潤枯木，根深何懼暴風吹。
Pines and cypresses stay green in all four seasons; Mount Tai has not moved in a thousand years. Heaven sends sweet rain to nourish dry timber — with deep roots, why fear the storm's blast?
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 41 (Decrease) 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.