Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

Return
Earth / Thunder
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

猿墮高木,不踒手足。握珠懷玉,還歸我室。

An ape falls from a tall tree; it does not break hand or foot. Clutching pearls, embracing jade; it returns to its dwelling.

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

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