Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:The Gentle
I-Ching Transformation
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
57
The Gentle
Xun
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 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 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 →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Yilin Verse
閉塞復通，與善相逢。甘棠之人，解我憂凶。
Blocked and shut, then open again; meeting good fortune once more. The man of the sweet pear tree; he delivers us from worry and woe.
— 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 57 (The Gentle). 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.