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易 · #33

遯

Retreat

Hexagram 33

Hexagram 33 Retreat (遯)

Upper

乾Heaven天

Lower

艮Mountain山

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Retreat; the strong one steps aside when the time calls.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)臨Approach

Inverted (綜卦)大壯Great Power

Same upper trigram

乾The Creative 訟Conflict 履Treading 否Standstill 同人Fellowship 無妄Innocence 姤Coming to Meet

Same lower trigram

謙Modesty 咸Influence 蹇Obstruction 艮Keeping Still 漸Development 旅The Wanderer 小過Small Excess

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.