Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 24: Return

Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

大斧破木,讒佞敗國。東間梁王,禍及三子。晉人亂邑,懷公出走。

The great axe splits the timber; slander and flattery ruin the state. In the east, King Liang is betrayed; disaster reaches his three sons. The men of Jin throw the city into chaos; Duke Huai flees in exile.

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

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