離 → 隨
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 17: Following
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
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.
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
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
Commentary
Doubled fire meets thunder within the lake: brilliance discovers the wisdom of adaptive following. Driving fine steeds southward, a tiger startles the flock of sheep. When yin fails to serve yang, the light shines forth all the more brilliantly. Modest words spoken humbly uphold righteousness and resolve the crisis. The verse stages a moment of panic — the tiger among sheep — then resolves it not through force but through humility and moral speech. From The Clinging to Following, fire's assertive clarity yields to the lake's receptive stillness sheltering thunder within. The one who follows the situation rather than imposing upon it finds that gentle persuasion accomplishes what confrontation cannot, and the light of truth emerges precisely through deference.
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