賁 → 離
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).
Line 4
六四 賁如皤如。白馬翰如。匪寇婚媾。
Six in the fourth place means: Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, He will woo at the right time.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
明不處暗，智不履危。終日卒歲，樂以笑歌。
The wise do not dwell in darkness; the clever do not tread on danger. Through all the days and years, they delight in laughter and song.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain declares its own nature: the bright does not dwell in darkness, and the wise does not tread into danger. Through the days and to the year's end, one delights in laughter and song. This is Grace fulfilling its highest promise — clarity that knows where not to go and therefore finds enduring joy. The bright person avoids darkness not through fear but through discernment; the wise person sidesteps danger not through cowardice but through understanding. From Grace to the Clinging, fire beneath the mountain rises into doubled fire. Both hexagrams share fire, but the Clinging's double illumination extends what Grace contained. What was decorative light becomes penetrating clarity — the continuous brightness that illuminates all four directions.
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