Tun

Retreat

Heaven over Mountain

THE JUDGMENT
RETREAT. Success.
In what is small, perseverance furthers.

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 Book of Changes

<small>All of the verses from the I Ching used on this web site come from the Richard Wilhelm Translation as rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes</small>

mapped using the Sequence of Middle Heaven:

From Symbiotic Cooperation to Sacrificial Satisfaction:

Completed cycle implies success. The cooperation to sacrifice change implies retreat in the service of some greater goal: growth. The distance from the inferior is implied by the completed cycle. And the satisfaction implies the reserve. Very good overall match.

See also I Ching

— Scotus - 18 Feb 2004