Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Return
Earth / Thunder
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

賦歛重數,政為民賊。杼軸空虛,去其家室。

Taxes levied heavy and often; governance that robs the people. Shuttle and loom stand empty; they leave their homes behind.

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

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