Hexagram:Conflict →Hexagram:Return
I-Ching Transformation
6
Conflict
Song
Heaven / Water
→
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 不永所事小有言終吉
不bùto avoid
永yǒngprolong
所suǒcertain
事shìaffairs
小xiǎothe small
有yǒuhave
言yánthings to say
終zhōngin the end
吉jíauspicious
Line 2: 不克訟歸而逋其邑人三百戶無眚
不bùnot being
克kècapable of
訟sòngcontending
歸guīone capitulates
而érand so
逋būtakes refuge
其qíone's own
邑yìhome town
人rénpopulation
三sānis
百bǎihundred
戶hùhouseholds
無wúavoid
眚shěngcalamities
Line 4: 不克訟復即命渝安貞吉
不bùnot being
克kècapable of
訟sòngcontending
復fùreturning
即jíto approach
命mìnga higher law
渝yúwithdraw
安ānto secure
貞zhēnthe certain
吉jígood fortune
Line 5: 訟元吉
訟sòngthe contest
元yuánis most
吉jípromising
Line 6: 或錫之鞶帶終朝三褫之
或huòsomebody
錫xīawards
之zhīone
鞶pánthe leather big
帶dàiand ribbons
終zhōngby the end of
朝zhāothe morning
三sānone will be three times
褫chǐstripped
之zhīof them
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramWater →Thunderabysmal to arousing
Yilin Verse
褰兔缺唇，行難齒寒。口痛不言，為身生患。
The rabbit with cleft lip; walking is difficult, teeth are cold. The mouth aches, unable to speak; bringing affliction upon himself.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 6 (Conflict) 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.