離 → 旅
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).
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
公孫駕車，載遊東齊，延陵子產，遺季紵衣，疾病哀悲。
The ducal grandson drives the carriage; traveling east to tour in Qi. Yanling and Zichan; bequeathing to Ji a garment of ramie. Illness and sorrow and grief.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets fire upon the mountain: one traveler's brilliance encounters another's journey. A young lord drives his carriage and travels to visit eastern Qi. Ji Zha of Yanling and Zi Chan exchange gifts — a fine linen garment is offered to the season's companion — yet illness brings sorrow and grief. The verse alludes to the famous diplomatic friendship between Ji Zha (Yanling Jizi) of Wu and Zi Chan (Gongsun Qiao) of Zheng. According to the Zuo Zhuan, when Ji Zha visited Zheng, the two met as if they were old acquaintances and exchanged personal garments as tokens of trust. From The Clinging to The Wanderer, fire blazes upon the mountain — bright but transient. The traveler's encounters are rich with meaning but brief, and even the most luminous friendships must part, shadowed by mortality.
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