Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Conflict

I-Ching Transformation

24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 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 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 →Waterarousing to abysmal

Yilin Verse

三足俱行，傾危善僵。六指不便，恩累弟兄。樹柱關中，失其正當。

A three-legged creature walks together; prone to tipping and stumbling. Six fingers are no advantage; grace burdens the brothers. Setting a pillar within the pass; it loses its proper alignment.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 24View Hexagram 6Reverse: 6 → 24

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 24 (Return) to hexagram 6 (Conflict). 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.