Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Well

I-Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 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 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 Windclinging to gentle

Yilin Verse

頭尾顛倒,不知緒處,君失其國。

Head and tail overturned; one cannot tell where the threads begin. The lord loses his kingdom.

— 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 48 (The Well). 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.