離 → 師
Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 7: The Army
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
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 6
上九 王用出征。有嘉。折首。獲匪其醜。无咎。
Nine at the top means: The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders And take captive the followers. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
漏巵盛酒，無以養老，春貸黍稷，年歲實有，履道坦坦，平安何咎。
A leaking cup holds wine; nothing to nourish the old. Spring borrows millet and grain; the yearly harvest proves fruitful. Treading the path, smooth and level; peaceful and free, what blame?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Doubled fire meets water held within earth: clarity discovers the discipline of collective provision. A leaking ladle holds wine poorly, insufficient to nourish the elderly. Yet spring loans of grain ensure the year's harvest materializes, and treading a level path brings peace without blame. The verse moves from scarcity to sufficiency through communal management. The 'leaking ladle' suggests individual resources inadequate to the task; the spring loan system, where grain is advanced before harvest, represents organized collective support. From The Clinging to The Army, fire's individual brilliance yields to water marshaled beneath the earth. Just as an army requires disciplined logistics rather than individual heroism, prosperity comes through systematic provision rather than solitary effort.
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