Hexagram 24 · line 1
Return
復Fù
Returning before going far leaves no regret. Greatly favorable.
Line statement
初九
不遠復，无祗悔，元吉。
Returning before going far leaves no regret. Greatly favorable.
The bottom line turns back before the first firm step can become a separate course. Changing Line 1 yields Hexagram 2: the lone firm line becomes yielding, leaving an entirely receptive field.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes