復 → 需
Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷗
復
Return
Earth / Thunder
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
東風解凍，河川流通。西門子產，升擢有功。
The east wind thaws the ice; rivers flow freely again. Zi Chan at the Western Gate; promoted and achieving merit.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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