Hexagram 24 復, Line 1
復
Hexagram 24 · first line, undivided (nine)
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.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
不遠之復，以修身也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 24 becomes hexagram 2.
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Character glossary
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 遠yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 復fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to r
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 祇qíonly, just, simply; one of a pair; an ea
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 元yuánfirst; dollar; origin; head
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 修xiūto study; to repair; to decorate; to cul
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 也yěalso, too
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.