睽 → 離
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
Line 2
九二 遇主于巷。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 3
六三 見輿曳。其牛掣。其人天且劓。无初有終。
Six in the third place means: One sees the wagon dragged back, The oxen halted, A man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
隨風騎龍，與利相逢。田獲三狐，商伯有功。衝衝之邑，長安无他。
Riding the wind on a dragon; meeting profit along the way. The hunt yields three foxes; the Shang lord achieves merit. In the bustling city; lasting peace prevails.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, yet here the wind carries a dragon-rider to meet with profit. The hunter takes three foxes in the field, and a great merchant achieves lasting success. The verse names a 'Shang Bo' — a merchant lord or possibly the Earl of Shang — who brings order and prosperity to a bustling settlement where all live in lasting peace. Riding a dragon with the wind evokes the legendary sage who harnesses cosmic forces for benign ends. From Opposition to The Clinging, doubled fire illuminates in succession. The transformation from estrangement to radiance reveals that when vision clarifies and attaches to the right object, what was scattered coalesces into bright achievement. The Clinging's fire draws strength from what it adheres to.
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