Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 24: Return

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

夏臺幽戶,文君厄處。鬼侯飲食,岐人悅喜。

The dark cell of Xiatai; where Lord Wen endures hardship. The Marquis of Gui feasts and drinks; the people of Qi rejoice.

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

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