Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

鴻雁南飛,隨時休息;轉逐天和,千歲不衰。

Wild geese fly south, resting in season; following the harmony of heaven, they do not wane for a thousand years.

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

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