I Ching · Book of Changes
Chapter 24
Hexagram 24 · Fu · Return
King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)
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Return: success. Going out and coming in without error. Friends come without blame. The way returns in seven days. Favorable to go. 1. Return from a short distance. No great remorse. Supreme good fortune. 2. Quiet return. Good fortune. 3. Repeated return. Danger, but no blame. 4. Walking in the middle, returning alone. 5. Generous return. No remorse. 6. Missing the return. Misfortune, calamity. Armies: great defeat.