Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

羔羊皮革,君子朝服;輔政扶德,以合萬國。

Lambskin is the leather for court robes; the gentleman's morning dress. Assisting governance, supporting virtue; to unite all the realm.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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