Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 24: Return

The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

三人為旅,俱歸北海,入門上堂,拜謁王母,勞賜我酒。

Three men travel together, all journeying to the northern sea. Entering the gate, ascending the hall, they pay respects to the Queen Mother. She rewards them with wine.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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