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).
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.