兌 → 離
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 孚兌吉。悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: Sincere joyousness. Good fortune. Remorse disappears.
Line 3
六三 來兌凶。
Six in the third place means: Coming joyousness. Misfortune.
Line 5
九五 孚于剝。有厲。
Nine in the fifth place means: Sincerity toward disintegrating influences is dangerous.
Line 6
上六 引兌。
Six at the top means: Seductive joyousness.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
東壁飾光，數暗不明。主母嫉妬，亂我業事。
The eastern wall adorns the light, yet the count is dim and unclear. The mistress is jealous and envious, disordering my affairs.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Paired lakes meet doubled fire — The Clinging, brightness illuminating brightness. The eastern wall is adorned with light, yet the count is off and the brilliance dims. The chief wife, consumed by jealousy, disrupts the household's affairs. The east wall should catch the morning sun, but something intercepts and distorts the light. From The Joyous to The Clinging, joy is corrupted by the very clarity it produces: when fire illuminates too sharply, it exposes envy. The jealous mistress who disturbs the household represents brilliance turned destructive — light that burns rather than warms. Clinging fire demands something worthy to cling to; without it, radiance devours itself.
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