Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 17: Following

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

駕駿南遊,虎驚我羊,陰不奉陽,其光顯揚。言之謙謙,奉義解患。

Driving fine steeds, journeying south; a tiger startles my flock. Yin does not serve yang; yet its radiance shines resplendent. Words humble and modest; upholding duty, resolving calamity.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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