Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:The Creative

I-Ching Transformation

Return

Earth / Thunder

→

The Creative

Qian

Heaven / Heaven

Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 2: 休復吉

休xiū(be) content

復fùto return

吉jípromising

Line 3: 頻復厲無咎

頻pínrepeated

復fùreturn(s

厲lìdifficult(y)

無wú(but) no

咎jiùblame

Line 4: 中行獨復

中zhōngbalanced (in)

行xíngaction

獨dú(all) alone

復fù(to

Line 5: 敦復無悔

敦dūnhonest

復fùreturn(ing)

無wúno

悔huǐregret(s)

Line 6: 迷復凶有災眚用行師終有大敗以其國君凶至于十年不克征

迷mí(a

復fù(to) return

凶xiōngunfortunate

有yǒuthere is

災zāicalamity

眚shěng(and) injury

用yòng(if

行xíngto move

師shī(a

終zhōng(then) in the end

有yǒuthere will be

大dà(a) great

敗bàidefeat

以yǐfor

其qíone's (own)

國guódomain

君jūn(and) (its) nobility

凶xiōng(with) misfortune

至zhìeven

于yúin

十shíten

年niányears

不bùwithout

克kèability

征zhēng(to

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal

Lower TrigramThunder →Heavenarousing to creative

Yilin Verse

任重負力，東征不伏。陷泥履塗，雄師敗覆。
Bearing heavy loads with failing strength, the eastern campaign meets no submission. Mired in mud, treading through muck; the mighty army is routed and overturned.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 24 (Return) to hexagram 1 (The Creative). 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.