Hexagram 24: Return → Hexagram 6: Conflict

Return
Earth / Thunder
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

三足俱行,傾危善僵。六指不便,恩累弟兄。樹柱關中,失其正當。

A three-legged creature walks together; prone to tipping and stumbling. Six fingers are no advantage; grace burdens the brothers. Setting a pillar within the pass; it loses its proper alignment.

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

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