Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 49: Revolution

Return
Earth / Thunder
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

天厭禹德,命興湯國。祓社釁鼓,以除民疾。

Heaven wearies of Yu's virtue; commanding the rise of Tang's state. Purifying the altars, anointing the drums with blood; to rid the people of affliction.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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