觀 → 復
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 24: Return
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
探鷇得螽，所願不喜；道宜小人，君子咎蹇。
Reaching into the nest one finds a grasshopper, not the prize one hoped for; the way favors the petty man -- the noble man meets obstruction and hardship.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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