益 → 離
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Line 3
六三 益之用凶事。无咎。有孚中行。告公用圭。
Six in the third place means: One is enriched through unfortunate events. No blame, if you are sincere And walk in the middle, And report with a seal to the prince.
Line 4
六四 中行。告公從。利用為依遷國。
Six in the fourth place means: If you walk in the middle And report the prince, He will follow. It furthers one to be used In the removal of the capital.
Line 5
九五 有孚惠心。勿問元吉。有孚惠我德。
Nine in the fifth place means: If in truth you have a kind heart, ask not. Supreme good fortune. Truly, kindness will be recognized as your virtue.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
因禍致福，喜盈其室。
Through disaster, fortune is found; joy fills the household.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind and thunder bestow increase, and the transformation leads to doubled fire — the radiant clarity of the Clinging. Through disaster, blessings are achieved; joy fills the household. The verse is the shortest in this batch yet carries one of the most potent messages: the alchemical reversal where catastrophe becomes the very instrument of fortune. 'Through misfortune, arriving at blessing' is a cornerstone of Yijing philosophy — the turning point embedded within every extreme. From Increase to the Clinging, the doubled brightness emerges precisely from the darkness that preceded it. Fire clinging to fire creates illumination that reaches all directions. The great person uses this continuing brightness to shine upon the four quarters, and what began as calamity is transmuted into lasting joy.
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