大有 → 離
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
Line 2
九二 大車以載。有攸往。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: A big wagon for loading. One may undertake something. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鳧鷖遊涇，君子以寧；履德不愆，福祿來成。
Wild ducks and geese swim the Jing River; the gentleman thereby finds repose. Walking in virtue without transgression; blessing and bounty come to fruition.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Ducks and cormorants swim the Jing River, and the gentleman finds peace. He treads the path of virtue without transgression, and blessings and fortune come to fulfillment. The Jing River scene evokes the Shijing's pastoral imagery of waterfowl at ease — creatures in their proper element, undisturbed and naturally harmonious. From Great Possession to The Clinging, fire above heaven doubles into fire upon fire — continuous illumination. The verse embodies this: steady virtue produces steady blessing, just as one flame lights the next in unbroken succession. The gentleman's peace is not passive but sustained through consistent moral practice, and the doubled fire of Li illuminates his path forward without interruption.
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