離 → 臨
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 2
六二 黃離。元吉。
Six in the second place means: Yellow light. Supreme good fortune.
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 4
九四 突如其來如。焚如。死如。棄如。
Nine in the fourth place means: Its coming is sudden; It flames up, dies down, is thrown away.
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
岐周海隅，有樂無憂，可以避難，全身保財。
Qi and Zhou at the sea's corner; there is joy and no sorrow. A place to avoid calamity; preserving oneself and protecting one's wealth.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets the lake beneath earth: brilliance finds a haven of benevolent authority. The region of Qi and Zhou, a corner by the sea, offers joy without worry. Here one may take refuge from disaster, preserving both person and wealth. Qi-Zhou refers to the ancestral lands of the Zhou people in the Wei River valley, where King Tai (Gugong Danfu) led his people to settle beneath Mount Qi. This remote but fertile corner became the foundation from which the Zhou dynasty arose. From The Clinging to Approach, fire's restless illumination meets the expansive care of earth above the lake. The wise ruler approaches his people with generosity, and even a frontier outpost becomes a sanctuary when governed with benevolent oversight.
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