Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 5: Waiting

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative

Yilin Verse

高木腐巢,漏濕難居,不去甘棠,使我無憂。

High wood, a rotting nest; leaking and damp, hard to dwell in. Not leaving the sweet pear tree; it keeps me free from worry.

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

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