中孚 → 離
Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 2
九二 鳴鶴在陰。其子和之。我有好爵。吾與爾靡之。
Nine in the second place means: A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with you.
Line 3
六三 得敵。或鼓或罷。或泣或歌。
Six in the third place means: He finds a comrade. Now he beats the drum, now he stops. Now he sobs, now he sings.
Line 4
六四 月幾望。馬匹亡。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The moon nearly at the full. The team horse goes astray. No blame.
Line 5
九五 有孚攣如。无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: He possesses truth, which links together. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
送我季女，至於蕩道。齊子旦夕，留連久處。
Escorting my youngest daughter; arriving at Tangdao. The son of Qi lingers morning and evening; staying long in this place.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind stirs above the lake as the youngest daughter is escorted to the road at Dang. A scion of Qi lingers morning and evening, reluctant to part. The verse evokes a bridal send-off or a prolonged farewell between lovers: the 'youngest daughter' (季女) is dispatched along the road, while someone from Qi stays on, unable to leave. The lingering suggests attachment that defies the journey's schedule. From Inner Truth to the Clinging, sincerity meets doubled fire — illumination that clings and reveals. Fire's nature is to attach itself to what it burns. The Qi suitor's lingering embodies this: clarity of feeling that will not let go, light that adheres to its object even as the road carries the beloved away.
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