**Hexagram 24: Fu (Return)**
Upper trigram: Kun · Lower trigram: Zhen · Hexagram 24
**Hexagram Judgment**
Success. Going out and coming in without distress. Friends come without blame. The path returns and reverses; after seven days comes return. It is favorable to have somewhere to go.
**Line Statements**
**First line:** Returning after not going far. No regret. Great good fortune.
**Second line:** Resting in return. Good fortune.
**Third line:** Returning again and again. Danger. No blame.
**Fourth line:** Walking in the middle, returning alone.
**Fifth line:** Honest and sincere return. No regret.
**Top line:** Deluded return. Misfortune. Calamities and disasters. If used to lead an army, in the end there will be a great defeat, bringing misfortune to the ruler of the state. For ten years, it will not be possible to launch an expedition.