復 → 困
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Yilin Verse
求犬得兔，請新遇故。雖不當路，踰吾舊舍。
Seeking a dog, one catches a rabbit; asking for the new, one meets the old. Though it is not the intended road; it surpasses my former dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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