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A Timely Withdrawal
Upper trigram: Heaven · Lower trigram: Mountain
Judgment
Withdrawal preserves room when pressure grows; hold what remains defensible.
Image
Heaven above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yang, yang, yang.
Define the retreat and its remaining ties rather than abandon everything.
Six lines and their changes
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A late withdrawal leaves little room for another advance.
Move this line → Shared Purpose2 / 6
A tough hide binding represents a commitment that will not loosen.
Move this line → An Unexpected Encounter3 / 6
Entangling dependencies make retreat difficult.
Move this line → Blocked Exchange4 / 6
Withdrawal becomes free when cherished attachments can be released.
Move this line → Progress by Stages5 / 6
Leave with clarity and dignity rather than manufactured conflict.
Move this line → Away from Home6 / 6
Distance from entanglement makes withdrawal spacious and unhurried.
Move this line → Mutual Response
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
A Timely Withdrawal · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Heaven / Mountain. Heaven above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yang, yang, yang.
A Timely Withdrawal · Move this line?
Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.
Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.