Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Return
Earth / Thunder
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

怒非其怨,貪垢腐鼠。而呼鵲鴟,自分失餌。致被殃患。

Rage not born of true grievance; coveting a rotten mouse. Calling out to the magpie and hawk; taking what is due to oneself, losing the bait. Thereby inviting calamity.

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

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