困 → 離
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 臀困于株木。入于幽谷。三歲不覿。
Six at the beginning means: One sits oppressed under a bare tree And strays into a gloomy valley. For three years one sees nothing.
Line 2
九二 困于酒食。朱紱方來。利用享祀。征凶无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One is oppressed while at meat and drink. The man with the scarlet knee bands is just coming. It furthers one to offer sacrifice. To set forth brings misfortune. No blame.
Line 3
六三 困于石。據于蒺蔾。入于其宮。不見其妻。凶。
Six in the third place means: A man permits himself to be oppressed by stone, And leans on thorns and thistles. He enters the house and does not see his wife. Misfortune.
Line 5
九五 劓刖。困于赤紱。乃徐有說。利用祭祀。
Nine in the fifth place means: His nose and feet are cut off. Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands. Joy comes softly. It furthers one to make offerings and libations.
Line 6
上六 困于葛藟。于臲卼。曰動悔有悔。征吉。
Six at the top means: He is oppressed by creeping vines. He moves uncertainly and says, "Movement brings remorse. " If one feels remorse over this and makes a start, Good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鴻聲大視，高舉神化。背昧向明，以道福功。
The swan's call carries far, its vision wide; it rises high in divine transformation. Turning from darkness toward light, through the Way it attains blessings and merit.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet a wild goose calls with a great voice and soars high, undergoing a divine transformation. Turning its back on darkness, it faces the light, achieving blessed merit through the Way. The goose's ascent mirrors the journey from oppression to illumination: what was trapped in a drained lake now rises into radiant clarity. From Oppression to the Clinging, doubled fire lights the heavens, and the great man continues the brightness to illuminate all four directions. The transformation is one of the most dramatic in the cycle: from utter depletion to pure luminosity. The key pivot is 'backing darkness, facing light' — a deliberate reorientation, choosing clarity over comfortable murk. Enlightenment here is not passive reception but active turning.
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