Chapter 24

"Chapter 24"
Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Published	Magdalene Music/Essex Music
Released	5 August 1967
Recorded	27 February 1967
Length	3:41
Label	EMI Columbia (UK) Tower (US)
Writer(s)	Syd Barrett
Producer(s)	Norman Smith
An Introduction to Syd Barrett track listing 18 tracks "Arnold Layne" "See Emily Play" "Apples and Oranges" "Matilda Mother" "Chapter 24" "Bike" "Terrapin" "Love You" "Dark Globe" "Here I Go" "Octopus" "She Took a Long Cool Look" "If It's In You" "Baby Lemonade" "Dominoes" "Gigolo Aunt" "Effervescing Elephant" "Bob Dylan Blues"

18 tracks
"Arnold Layne" "See Emily Play" "Apples and Oranges" "Matilda Mother" "Chapter 24" "Bike" "Terrapin" "Love You" "Dark Globe" "Here I Go" "Octopus" "She Took a Long Cool Look" "If It's In You" "Baby Lemonade" "Dominoes" "Gigolo Aunt" "Effervescing Elephant" "Bob Dylan Blues"

"Chapter 24" is the title of a song from Pink Floyd's 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. It was the second song recorded for the album.

It was written by Syd Barrett and its lyrics are inspired by text from chapter 24 of the ancient Chinese tome I Ching (The Book of Changes).

The translation Barrett referenced is not known, but phrases from the lyric can be found in the Richard Wilhelm and Baynes translation of 1950, and the Legge translation of 1899. The former is more poetic, but the latter has greater detail. Chapter 24 explains the significance of the Fû (复, means "returning") hexagram.

Note: This analysis does not cover all lines of the lyric.

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