離 → 豫
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).
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 6
上九 王用出征。有嘉。折首。獲匪其醜。无咎。
Nine at the top means: The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders And take captive the followers. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
五岳四瀆，合潤為德，行不失理，民賴恩福。
Five sacred peaks and four great rivers; merging their moisture into virtue. Actions never stray from principle; the people rely upon their grace and blessing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets thunder rising from the earth: brilliance joins the rhythm of collective celebration. The Five Sacred Mountains and the Four Great Rivers unite their moisture as virtue. Governance proceeds without departing from principle, and the people rely upon this bounty of grace. The Five Mountains and Four Rivers form the sacred geography of the empire, and their harmonious functioning represents the cosmic order underpinning good governance. From The Clinging to Enthusiasm, fire's clarity merges with thunder's galvanizing energy emerging from the earth. When illumination inspires rather than scorches, the result is the joyful momentum of a well-governed realm whose prosperity flows as naturally as rivers nourished by mountains.
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