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Hexagram 24: Return

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Success. Going out and coming in without trouble. Companions come; no blame. The way turns back and returns. In seven days, return comes. Favorable to have somewhere to go.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Return brings success. The firm turns back in movement and proceeds by compliance. Therefore going out and coming in brings no trouble, companions come, and there is no blame. The way turns back and returns; in seven days return comes. This is the movement of Heaven. Favorable to have somewhere to go: the firm is growing. In Return one can see the heart of Heaven and Earth.
象 · Xiang

Image

Thunder within the earth: Return. The former kings, at the solstice, closed the passes; merchants and travelers did not move, and the ruler did not inspect the regions.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Six
Lost return. Misfortune. There is calamity and blight. If one sends the army out, there will be a great defeat in the end, bringing misfortune on the ruler of the state. Even after ten years, one cannot mount an expedition.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
The misfortune of lost return means turning away from the ruler's way.

Line 05

Six in the Fifth
Wholehearted return. No regret.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Wholehearted return. No regret. Centered, one examines oneself.

Line 04

Six in the Fourth
Moving in the middle, returning alone.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Moving in the middle and returning alone means following the Way.

Line 03

Six in the Third
Repeated return. Danger. No blame.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
The danger of repeated return means that by right there is no blame.

Line 02

Six in the Second
Restful return. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The good fortune of restful return comes from yielding below to benevolence.

Line 01

Initial Nine
Return from not far away. No need for regret. Prime good fortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Return from not far away: by this, one cultivates the self.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

K'un

Yielding

Element
Earth
Direction
Southwest
Family
Mother
Season
Late Summer
Lower Trigram

Chên

Arousing

Element
Wood
Direction
East
Family
Eldest Son
Season
Spring
Palace
Kun Palace
Role: First Generation
Shi line 1 · Ying line 4
Ruling trigram
K'un

Related hexagrams

Nuclear
Hexagram 2: The Receptive
Opposite
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Inverse
Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
Same palace
Hexagram 19: Approach
Same palace
Hexagram 11: Peace
Same palace
Hexagram 34: The Power of the Great

Correspondences

Upper Trigram
坤 K'un
Yielding
Lower Trigram
震 Chên
Arousing
Palace
Kun Palace
Palace 7
Element
土 Earth
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