Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

東山皋洛,勇捍不服,金玦玩好,衣為身賊。

East Mountain and Gaoluo; brave and defiant, refusing to submit. Gold rings and fine playthings; garments become the body's undoing.

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

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