Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Small Taming
I Ching Transformation
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramThunder →Heavenarousing to creative
Yilin Verse
戰旗倒插泥，車轍深如溝。殘甲棄道旁，歸鴉啄不休。
Battle flags stuck upside-down in mud; chariot ruts deep as ditches. Broken armor lies abandoned by the road — returning crows peck without cease.
— 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 9 (Small Taming). 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.