Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire → Hexagram 7: The Army

The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep

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

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