Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
The Clinging Fire
Fire / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

持心瞿目,善數搖動。自東徂西,不安其處。散渙府藏,无有利得。

Heart tense, eyes darting; restlessly counting and shifting. From east to west, never settling in one place. Scattering the treasuries and storehouses; no profit to be found.

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

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