復 → 乾
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
任重負力，東征不伏。陷泥履塗，雄師敗覆。
Bearing heavy loads with failing strength, the eastern campaign meets no submission. Mired in mud, treading through muck; the mighty army is routed and overturned.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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