Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 24: Return

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

茹芝餌黃,塗飲玉英。與神流通,長无憂凶。

Eating lingzhi, taking the Yellow Essence, drinking the Jade Nectar on the way. In communion with the spirits; forever free from worry and misfortune.

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

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