離 → 否
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 12: Standstill
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Line 1
初九 履錯然。敬之。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: The footprints run crisscross. If one is seriously intent, no blame.
Line 3
九三 日昃之離。不鼓缶而歌。則大耋之嗟。凶。
Nine in the third place means: In the light of the setting sun, Men either beat the pot and sing Or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Misfortune.
Line 5
六五 出涕沱若。戚嗟若。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Tears in floods, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
載璧秉珪，請命于河，周公克敏，沖人瘳愈。
Bearing jade disc and jade tablet; petitioning the River for life. The Duke of Zhou was zealous and devoted; the young king recovered and was healed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets heaven and earth sealed apart: brilliance persists through cosmic blockage. Bearing jade discs and grasping the gui-scepter, one pleads for life before the River God. The Duke of Zhou, devoted and swift to act, prays that the young king may be healed. This alludes to the Jin Teng chapter of the Book of Documents, where the Duke of Zhou offered himself as substitute when King Wu fell gravely ill, presenting himself at the altar with jade and scepter. The 'young one' (chongren) recovered. From The Clinging to Standstill, fire's clarity endures even when heaven and earth refuse to communicate. The loyal minister's self-sacrificing prayer pierces through blockage, proving that devotion can sustain illumination in the darkest impasse.
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