履 → 離
Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Line 2
九二 履道坦坦。幽人貞吉。
Nine in the second place means: Treading a smooth, level course. The perseverance of a dark man Brings good fortune.
Line 3
六三 眇能視。跛能履。履虎尾。咥人凶。武人為于大君。
Six in the third place means: A one-eyed man is able to see, A lame man is able to tread. He treads on the tail of the tiger. The tiger bites the man. Misfortune. Thus does a warrior act on behalf of his great prince.
Line 5
九五 夬履。貞厲。
Nine in the fifth place means: Resolute conduct. Perseverance with awareness of danger.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
元利孔福，神所子畜；般樂無苦，得其歡欲。
Primal gain and great fortune; cherished and nurtured by the spirits. Pleasure and joy without suffering; one attains what the heart desires.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven above the lake radiates supreme blessing. Great profit and profound fortune descend as gifts from the spirits who nurture and protect. Pleasure without suffering, every desire fulfilled. The verse is unusually unambiguous in its auspiciousness: divine favor is total and unconditional. From Treading to the Clinging, doubled fire illuminates all four directions. Proper conduct has ignited a radiance that perpetuates itself — the great person continues the brightness, shining outward. The transformation from measured treading to sustained brilliance suggests that when one's steps are aligned with heaven, the resulting clarity becomes self-sustaining, a light that needs no external fuel.
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