Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:The Creative

I Ching Transformation

24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

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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Related Pages

View Hexagram 24View Hexagram 1Reverse: 1 → 24

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.