Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 24: Return

Enthusiasm
Thunder / Earth
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

羊驚馬走,上下揮擾;鼓音不絕,頃公奔敗。

Sheep startled, horses bolting, turmoil above and below; drums sound without ceasing -- Duke Qing flees in defeat.

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

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