Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 24: Return

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

日入道極,勞者休息。班馬還師,復我燕室。

The sun sets at the road's end; the weary find their rest. The army's horses return from campaign, restored to our peaceful chambers.

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

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