Hexagram:Great Preponderance →Hexagram:Return
I Ching Transformation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
出入無時，憂禍為災。行人失牛，利去不來。老馬少駒，勿與久居。
Coming and going without fixed hour; worry and misfortune become disaster. The traveler loses his ox; profit departs and does not return. An old horse, a young colt; do not dwell with them long.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 28 (Great Preponderance) to hexagram 24 (Return). 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.