蠱 → 離
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Line 1
初六 幹父之蠱。有子。考无咎。厲終吉。
Six in the beginning means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. If there is a son, No blame rests upon the departed father. Danger. In the end good fortune.
Line 2
九二 幹母之蠱。不可貞。
Nine in the second place means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the mother. One must not be too persevering.
Line 4
六四 裕父之蠱。往見吝。
Six in the fourth place means: Tolerating what has been spoiled by the father. In continuing one sees humiliation.
Trigram Changes
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
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain lifts the wild geese skyward, and the transformation brightens into doubled fire — the Clinging's sustained illumination. Wild geese fly south, resting at the proper times. Following the harmony of heaven, they endure a thousand years without decline. The migrating geese embody perfect attunement to cosmic rhythm — knowing when to fly, when to rest, never fighting the season. From Work on the Decayed to the Clinging, the corrupted situation is resolved through clarity that perpetuates itself. Doubled fire illuminates the four directions continuously: the sage inherits brightness and passes it forward. Like the geese who navigate by instinct, those who align with heaven's timing transform decay into lasting radiance.
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