離 → 渙
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
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.
Line 5
六五 出涕沱若。戚嗟若。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Tears in floods, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
日入幽慝，陽明隱伏，小人勞心，求事不得。
The sun enters the hidden dark; brightness conceals itself. The small man toils in heart; seeking to accomplish, yet gaining nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets wind above water: brilliance sinks into concealment and dispersal. The sun enters its hidden place; bright yang lies dormant. The petty man labors in anguish, seeking success but finding nothing. The verse captures the moment after sunset when fire's source disappears below the horizon. In this twilight, only the anxious and unworthy are still scurrying, unable to rest because their efforts lack alignment with the natural cycle. From The Clinging to Dispersion, fire's concentrated brightness dissolves as wind scatters water's surface. Huan disperses what has frozen or congealed; here it disperses daylight itself. The petty man's failure lies not in insufficient effort but in working against the cosmic rhythm, pursuing what can only be received, never seized.
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