Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Receptive

I-Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 6).

Line 1: 履錯然敬之無咎

taking steps
cuòmixed up
ránbut so
jìngto respect
zhīfor
and no
jiùblame

Line 3: 日昃之離不鼓缶而歌則大耋之嗟凶

the sun
declines
zhīin
radiance
not
drumming
fǒuclay
érand
singing
leads to
much
diéold age
zhī's
jiēlament
xiōngunfortunate

Line 4: 突如其來如焚如死如棄如

sudden
so
one's
láiarrival
seems
féna ablaze
so
mortal
so
soon forgotten
so

Line 6: 王用出征有嘉折首獲匪其醜無咎

wángthe sovereign
yònguses
chūissues
zhēngto expedite
yǒuthere are
jiācommendations
zhéand severed
shǒuheads
huòthe captives
fěiare not
of
chǒucategory
no
jiùblame

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive

Yilin Verse

春秋禱祝,解過除憂,君子無咎。

Spring and autumn prayers and supplications; transgressions forgiven, sorrows removed. The noble man is without blame.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 30 (The Clinging) to hexagram 2 (The Receptive). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.