Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 24: Return

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

南山昊天,刺政閔身;疾悲無辜,背憎為仇。

The straight tree is felled first, toppling outside the forest; the clear spring is drawn first until its bottom shows dry. The loyal minister dies remonstrating at court — white bones uncollected in the evening cold.

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

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