Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

王良善御,伯樂知馬。文王東獵,獲喜聖事。開福佑賢,周發興起。

Wang Liang excels at driving; Bole knows horses. King Wen hunts in the east and finds a joyous, sagely affair. Blessings open and sustain the worthy; the Zhou rise under King Wu.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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