Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 24: Return

Dispersion
Wind / Water
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

逶迤四牡,思歸念母。王事靡盬,不得安處。

The four stallions wind wearily onward; thoughts turn homeward to mother. The king's affairs never cease; one cannot find a place of rest.

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

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