漸 → 離
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 鴻漸于干。小子厲有言。無咎。
Six at the beginning means: The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
Line 4
六四 鴻漸于木。或得其桷。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The wild goose goes gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
Line 5
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
剛柔相呼，二姓為家。霜降既同，惠我以仁。
Two paulownia trees stand side by side, branches and leaves intertwined. Autumn frost whitens them both equally; their root systems run to the same depth.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets doubled fire: gradual development illuminates into enduring partnership. The original verse reads: 'Hard and soft call to each other; two surnames form one household. When frost descends they share it alike; bless us with benevolence.' Two paulownia trees stand side by side, branches intertwined, roots running deep together. The image is of marriage, two different natures joining through mutual resonance. From Development to the Clinging, doubled fire means continued brightness, one flame passing its light to the next. The gradual growth of trust between two people mirrors the tree's slow intertwining. Frost tests but does not divide them. Development's patient advance finds its fulfillment in a partnership where both parties cling to the same source of warmth.
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