復 → 咸
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 31: Influence
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷞
咸
Influence
Lake / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
求雞獲雛,買鱉失魚。出入鈞敵,利得無饒。齊姜宋子,婚姻孔嘉。
Seeking a chicken, one catches a chick; buying a turtle, one loses the fish. In trade, an even match; gains yield no surplus. A Qi bride and a Song daughter — the marriage is most auspicious.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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