Return

Hexagram 24 of 64
Judgment · 卦辞
Return. Success. Going out and coming in without sickness. Friends arrive without blame.
復,亨。出入无疾,朋來无咎。
Commentary on the Judgment · 彖传
Return. Success. The firm turns back.
復亨,剛反。
Image · 象传
Thunder within the earth: return. The ancient kings closed the passes on the solstice.
雷在地中,復。先王以至日閉關。

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Six Lines · 六爻
Line 1
Return from not far away — no great remorse. Supreme good fortune.
不远复,无祗悔,元吉。
Returning after not going far. Cultivating the self.
不远之复,以修身也。
Line 2
A calm, peaceful return. Good fortune.
休复,吉。
The good fortune of resting and returning. Yielding to benevolence.
休复之吉,以下仁也。
Line 3
Repeated return. Danger. No blame.
频复,厉无咎。
The risk of repeated return, but in principle no fault.
频复之厉,义无咎也。
Line 4
Walking among others, returning alone.
中行独复。
Centered action and solitary return, to follow the Way.
中行独复,以从道也。
Line 5
Sincere, wholehearted return. No remorse.
敦复,无悔。
Earnest return brings no regret, examining oneself from the center.
敦复无悔,中以自考也。
Line 6
Missing the return — misfortune and calamity. Marching out ends in great defeat. Disaster reaches the ruler. For ten years, no campaign succeeds.
迷复,凶,有灾眚。用行师,终有大败。以其国君凶,至于十年不克征。
The calamity of confused return, it opposes the leader's way.
迷复之凶,反君道也。
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