Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Retreat
I-Ching Transformation
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 不遠復無祇悔元吉
不bù(it is) not (being)
遠yuǎnfar
復fù(to) return(ing)
無wú(there is) nothing
祇zhīworthy (of)
悔huǐregret(s)
元yuánmost
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 →Mountainarousing to stillness
Yilin Verse
仲冬無秋，鳥鵲飢憂。困於米食，數驚鸇鵰。
Midwinter without autumn; the magpies and sparrows starve in worry. Desperate for grain and food; startled again and again by hawks and falcons.
— 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 33 (Retreat). 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.