Retreat
Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨，小利贞。
Retreat. Success. In what is small, perseverance furthers.
Image
— Great Image
天下有山，遁，君子以远小人，不恶而严。
Mountain under heaven: the image of retreat. Thus the superior person keeps inferior people at a distance, not angrily but with reserve.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Cutting loss-making lines, cashing out cleanly, decisive winding-down during industry collapse. Refuse the 'break-even mindset'; sever cleanly to save the larger whole.
Psychology & Cognition
'Of the thirty-six stratagems, retreat is best.' In toxic relationships or doomed projects, leave fast — the sooner the exit, the more vitality preserved.
Decision Guidance
Withdraw at the right time (line 5: 'friendly retreat'), without baggage (line 6: 'cheerful retreat'). The worst is to be last (line 1) or held by attachment (line 3).
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Stoic acceptance of what is no longer yours; Marie Kondo's principle of letting go gratefully; Sun Tzu on the value of organized retreat; Hemingway's 'never confuse motion with action' — the disciplined non-action of withdrawal.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.