乾 → 復
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 24: Return
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷗
復
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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