Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 24: Return

Conflict
Heaven / Water
Return
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

褰兔缺唇,行難齒寒。口痛不言,為身生患。

The rabbit with cleft lip; walking is difficult, teeth are cold. The mouth aches, unable to speak; bringing affliction upon himself.

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

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