Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Return
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人
見jiànsee
龍lóngdragon
在zàiin
田tiánfield
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
Line 3: 君子終日乾乾夕惕若厲無咎
君jūnnoble
子zǐyoung one
終zhōngthroughout
日rìday
乾qiáncreating
乾qiáncreating
夕xīnight
惕tìanxious
若ruòseeming
厲lìstruggle
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 或躍在淵無咎
或huòsomehow
躍yuèto dance
在zàiacross
淵yuāndeep
無wúavoid
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 飛龍在天利見大人
飛fēiin flight
龍lóngdragon
在zàiacross
天tiānheaven
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
Line 6: 亢龍有悔
亢kàngarrogant
龍lóngdragon
有yǒuhas
悔huǐregret
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
三人為旅，俱歸北海，入門上堂，拜謁王母，勞賜我酒。
Three men travel together, all journeying to the northern sea. Entering the gate, ascending the hall, they pay respects to the Queen Mother. She rewards them with wine.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 1 (The Creative) to hexagram 24 (Return). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.