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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0747.00041.] This paper considers the anisotropic quantum spin Hamiltonian on a chain with nearest neighbor interaction given by \[ H=-{1\over 2}\sum^ N_{j=1}\{J_ xS^ 1_ jS^ 1_{j+1}+J_ yS^ 2_ jS^ 2_{j+1}+J_ zS^ 3_ jS^ 3_{j+1}\} \] where the operators \(S_ j^ \ell\) \((\ell=1,2,3)\) satisfy the Pauli commutation and anticommutation relations. The equation of motion of the \(n\)th spin vector is given by \[ {d\over dt}S_ n+S_ n\wedge J_ q(S_{n+1}+S_{n-1}) \tag{*} \] where \(\wedge\) is the standard vector product, \(S_ n+(S^ 1_ n,S_ n^ 2,S^ 3_ n)\) and \(J_ q\) is the diagonal matrix \(J_ q=\text{diag}(J_ x,J_ y,J_ z)\). The Landau-Lifshitz equation \[ S_ t=S\wedge S_{xx}+S\wedge JS \] arises as a heuristic continuum limit of \((*)\), where \(J=\text{diag}(J_ 1,J_ 2,J_ 3)\). One important feature of the Landau-Lifshitz equation lies in its reducibility to other integrable systems, including the sine-Gordon equation and the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In this paper the authors establish the existence of a recursion operator for the Landau-Lifschitz equation. This recurrence generates a hierarchy of evolution equations and a hierarchy of Poisson structures.