離 → 晉
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 35: Progress
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).
Line 1
初九 履錯然。敬之。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: The footprints run crisscross. If one is seriously intent, no blame.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
三虎搏狼，力不相當，如摧壅祐，一擊破亡。
Three tigers attack a wolf; the forces are unmatched. Like toppling a dam's support; one strike and it is destroyed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets fire rising from the earth: brilliance advances with irresistible momentum. Three tigers set upon a wolf, the disparity of force beyond question. Like smashing through a crumbling barricade, a single strike shatters it to ruin. The verse celebrates overwhelming advantage deployed decisively. Three tigers against one wolf is no contest; the obstacle collapses at the first blow. From The Clinging to Progress, fire's clarity is amplified as it rises above the earth — brightness emerging from darkness in the image of the morning sun. The advance succeeds not through cunning but through superior force concentrated at the decisive point, where hesitation would be the only possible mistake.
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