Hexagram 24 復 changing to hexagram 53 漸
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 5, 6.
What to read
Four changing lines: read the two unchanged lines of the resulting hexagram; the lower one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 53 漸, line 2
鴻漸于磐，飲食衎衎，吉。
The second line, divided, shows the geese gradually approaching the large rocks, where they eat and drink joyfully and at ease. There will be good fortune.
Hexagram 53 漸, line 4
鴻漸于木，或得其桷，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows the geese gradually advanced to the trees. They may light on the flat branches. There will be no error.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 24 復 — judgment
亨。出入无疾，朋來无咎。反復其道，七日來復，利有攸往。
Fû indicates that there will be free course and progress (in what it denotes). (The subject of it) finds no one to distress him in his exits and entrances; friends come to him, and no error is committed. He will return and repeat his (proper) course. In seven days comes his return. There will be advantage in whatever direction movement is made.
Hexagram 53 漸 — judgment
女歸吉，利貞。
Kien suggests to us the marriage of a young lady, and the good fortune (attending it). There will be advantage in being firm and correct.
The changing lines of hexagram 24
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 不遠復，无祇悔，元吉。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning (from an error) of no great extent, which would not proceed to anything requiring repentance. There will be great good fortune. |
| 3 | 頻復，厲无咎。 | The third line, divided, shows one who has made repeated returns. The position is perilous, but there will be no error. |
| 5 | 敦復，无悔。 | The fifth line, divided, shows the noble return of its subject. There will be no ground for repentance. |
| 6 | 迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君，凶；至于十年，不克征。 | The topmost line, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.