Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Influence
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
求雞獲雛，買鱉失魚。出入鈞敵，利得無饒。齊姜宋子，婚姻孔嘉。
Seeking a chicken, one catches a chick; buying a turtle, one loses the fish. In trade, an even match; gains yield no surplus. A Qi bride and a Song daughter — the marriage is most auspicious.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 24 (Return) to hexagram 31 (Influence). 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.