Hexagram:Youthful Folly →Hexagram:Return
I-Ching Transformation
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
→
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain →Earthstillness to receptive
Lower TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
獐鹿雉兔，群聚東囿。盧黃白脊，俱往趨逐。九齚十得，君子有喜。
Roe, deer, pheasant, and rabbit gather in the eastern preserve. Hounds—tawny, yellow, white-backed—all go in pursuit. Of nine that are bitten, ten are caught; the noble man has joy.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly) 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.