Hexagram:Limitation →Hexagram:Retreat
I-Ching Transformation
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
→
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 不出戶庭無咎
不bùnot
出chūgoing out
戶hùthe door
庭tíngthe chamber
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 不出門庭凶
不bùnot
出chūgoing out
門ménthe door
庭tíngthe chamber
凶xiōngunfortunate
Line 3: 不節若則嗟若無咎
不bùno
節jiéboundary
若ruòsuch
則zéand consequently
嗟jiēlament
若ruòsuch
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 安節亨
安ānsecure in
節jiéthe boundary
亨hēngfulfillment
Line 6: 苦節貞凶悔亡
苦kǔbitter
節jiélimitation
貞zhēnpersistence
凶xiōngis unfortunate
悔huǐbut
亡wángpass
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
奮翅鼓翼，翱翔外國。逍遙北域，不入溫室。
Spreading wings, beating pinions, soaring to foreign lands. Wandering freely in northern regions, never entering the warm chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 60 (Limitation) 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.