Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 55: Abundance

Return
Earth / Thunder
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

九雁列陳,雌獨不群。為罾所牽,死於庖人。

Nine geese in formation; the lone female strays from the flock. Caught by the snare's pull; she dies at the cook's hand.

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

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