復 → 坤
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → Earth
Lower TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
義不勝情，以欲自營。覬利危寵，折角摧頸。
Duty cannot overcome desire; one schemes for selfish gain. Coveting profit, courting precarious favor; horns broken, neck snapped.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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