離 → 蒙
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
開戶下堂，與福相迎，祿于公室，曾孫以昌。
Opening the door, descending the hall; meeting fortune face to face. Blessings from the ducal house; sons and grandsons shall prosper.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets the mountain spring of youthful folly: clarity opens the door to blessings that flow across generations. One opens the gate, descends the hall, and meets good fortune face to face. Emolument comes from the ducal house, and great-grandchildren flourish. The verse paints a scene of institutional reward: the household that aligns with proper governance receives blessings that compound over time. No single historical allusion is named; the imagery belongs to the general vocabulary of ancestral merit rewarded through lineage. From The Clinging to Youthful Folly, fire's illumination meets the spring emerging beneath the mountain. What begins as simple clarity, when nurtured with patience and proper conduct, matures into a legacy that sustains descendants for generations.
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