Hexagram:Opposition →Hexagram:Return
I Ching Transformation
38
Opposition
Kui
Fire / Lake
→
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire →Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramLake →Thunderinversion
Yilin Verse
兩目失明，日奪无光。脛足跛踦，不可以行，頓於丘傍。
Both eyes have lost their sight; the sun is robbed of light. Shins and feet lame and stumbling; he cannot walk, and collapses by the hillside.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 38 (Opposition) 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.