升 → 離
Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 允升大吉。
Six at the beginning means: Pushing upward that meets with confidence Brings great good fortune.
Line 2
九二 孚乃利用禴。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: If one is sincere, It furthers one to bring even a small offering. No blame.
Line 4
六四 王用亨于岐山。吉。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The king offers him Mount Ch'i. Good fortune. No blame.
Line 6
上六 冥升。利于不息之貞。
Six at the top means: Pushing upward in darkness. It furthers one To be unremittingly persevering.
Trigram Changes
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
Commentary
Wood grows within the earth, and great talent meets its perfect match at last. Wang Liang excels at chariotry; Bole knows horses at a single glance. King Wen hunts in the east and discovers a sage — the joyful event that opens a dynasty's founding. Blessings descend upon the worthy, and the Zhou line rises as King Wu completes his father's work. The verse assembles three classical figures of talent recognition: the supreme charioteer, the legendary horse judge, and the king who finds his minister by the Wei River. Doubled fire, the image of the Clinging, illuminates everything it touches. From Pushing Upward to the Clinging, organic growth ignites into radiant clarity. The wood that rose patiently now catches fire and shines across the four directions.
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