Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Coming to Meet
I-Ching Transformation
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 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 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 →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
行如桀紂，雖禱不祥。命衰絕周，文王乏祀。
Acting like Jie and Zhou; though one prays, no blessing comes. The mandate wanes, cut off at Zhou; King Wen's line lacks sacrifice.
— 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 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.