Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Abysmal

I-Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 履錯然敬之無咎

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

Line 2: 黃離元吉

huánggolden
radiance
yuánmost
promising

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 5: 出涕沱若戚嗟若吉

chūissuing
tears
tuórunning water
ruòlike
grief
jiēand lament
ruòsuch
promising

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 Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

被綉夜行,不見文章,安坐玉堂,乃無咎殃,長子帥師,得其正常。

Wearing brocade, walking by night; the fine patterns go unseen. Sitting calmly in the jade hall; thus there is no blame or misfortune. The eldest son leads the army; he achieves proper order.

— 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 29 (The Abysmal). 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.