大畜 → 離
Hexagram 26: Great Taming → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Line 2
九二 輿說輹。
Nine in the second place means: The axletrees are taken from the wagon.
Line 4
六四 童牛之牿。元吉。
Six in the fourth place means: The headboard of a young bull. Great good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
延陵適魯，觀樂太史。車轔白顛，知秦興起。卒兼其國，一統為主。
Yanling visited Lu, observing music at the Grand Scribe's. The chariots rumbled, heads white as hoarfrost; he discerned the rise of Qin. In the end it annexed all states, unifying them under one rule.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven stored within the mountain becomes doubled fire — the Clinging. Ji Zha of Yanling travels to Lu to observe the grand musical performances at the office of the Grand Historian. Chariot wheels rattle and white heads nod — and from these signs, he perceives the future rise of Qin, which will ultimately absorb all states under a single ruler. According to the Zuo Zhuan, Ji Zha's musical discernment was legendary: he could hear in the music of each state its character and destiny. His identification of Qin's future greatness exemplifies the clinging light of discernment — fire upon fire, illumination doubled. From Great Taming to the Clinging, accumulated learning becomes penetrating insight. The mountain's stored wisdom ignites into prophetic clarity.
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