Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

陰蔽其陽,目暗不明,君憂其國,求騂得黃,駒犢從行。

Yin veils the yang; eyes dim, sight unclear. The lord worries for his state; seeking a red sacrifice, he obtains a yellow. A colt and calf follow along.

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

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