Hexagram 24 · Fù (复) · Return

復：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.

初九：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.

六二：休復，吉。

The second line, divided, shows the admirable return (of its subject). There will be good fortune.

六三：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.

六四：中行獨復。

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject moving right in the centre (among those represented by the other divided lines), and yet returning alone (to his proper path).

六五：敦復，无悔。

The fifth line, divided, shows the noble return of its subject. There will be no ground for repentance.

上六：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.