離 → 屯
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 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 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 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
坐車乘軒，據國子民，虞叔受命，和合六親。
Seated in carriage, riding with canopy; holding the state, governing the people. Lord Yu of Shu receives the mandate; harmonizing and uniting the six kinships.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets cloud and thunder: brilliance enters the struggle of new beginnings. One sits in a grand carriage, commands a state, and governs its people. Yu Shu receives his mandate and harmonizes the six degrees of kinship. According to the Zuo Zhuan, Yu Shu of the state of Yu once coveted a precious jade and attacked his own lord, eventually seizing power. Yet the verse reframes this as legitimate governance: receiving the mandate, riding in state carriages, and uniting kinship bonds. From The Clinging to Difficulty at the Beginning, fire's clarity illuminates the chaotic moment of birth. In the storm of founding, the one who can see clearly through disorder secures the chariot of rule and binds scattered loyalties into a functioning state.
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