Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

Revolution
Lake / Fire
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire Fire

Yilin Verse

逃頸見足,身困不辱。欲隱避仇,為害所賊。

Fleeing, head hidden but feet exposed; the body is cornered yet not disgraced. Seeking to hide and escape the foe, one is harmed by the very peril pursued.

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

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