Hexagram:Small Taming →Hexagram:Return
I Ching Transformation
9
Small Taming
Xiao Chu
Wind / Heaven
→
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind →Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
三足無頭，不知所之；心狂精傷，莫使為明，不見日光。
Three feet and no head; not knowing where to go. The mind is crazed, the spirit wounded; none can make it see -- it cannot glimpse the sunlight.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 9 (Small Taming) 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.