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HEXAGRAM 33 – Tun – Retreat
Above CHIEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
Below KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN
The power of the dark is ascending.
The light retreats to security, so that
the dark cannot encroach upon it.
This retreat is a matter
- not of man’s will
- but of natural law.
Therefore in this case withdrawal is proper;
it is the correct way to behave
in order not to exhaust one’s forces. 1
In the calendar this hexagram is linked with the sixth month (July-August), in which
the forces of winter are already showing their influence.
THE JUDGMENT
RETREAT. Success.
In what is small, perseverance furthers.
Conditions are such that the hostile forces favored by the time are advancing.
In this case
- retreat is the right course, and
- it is through retreat that success is achieved.
But success consists in being able to carry out the retreat correctly.
Retreat is not to be confused with flight.
- Flight means saving oneself under any circumstances whereas
- retreat is a sign of strength.
We must be careful not to miss the right moment while
we are in full possession of power and position.
Then we shall be able
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to interpret the signs of the time
- before it is too late and
- before it is too late and
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to prepare for provisional retreat
- instead of being drawn into a desperate life-and-death struggle.
- instead of being drawn into a desperate life-and-death struggle.
Thus
- we do not simply abandon the field to the opponent;
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we make it difficult for him to advance
by showing perseverance in single acts of resistance.
In this way
we prepare, while retreating, for the counter – movement.
Understanding the laws of a constructive retreat of this sort is not easy.
The meaning that lies hidden in such a time is important.
THE IMAGE
Mountain under heaven: the image of RETREAT.
Thus the superior man
keeps the inferior man at a distance,
Not angrily but with reserve.
The mountain rises up under heaven, but owing to its nature
it finally comes to a stop.
Heaven on the other hand
- retreats upward before it into the distance and
- remains out of reach.
This symbolizes the behavior of the superior man toward a climbing inferior;
he retreats into his own thoughts as the inferior man comes forward.
He does not hate him,
for hatred is a form of subjective involvement
by which we are bound to the hated object.
The superior man shows strength (heaven) in that
he brings the inferior man to a standstill (mountain)
by his dignified reserve.
