Hexagram:The Clinging Hexagram:The Army

I Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

漏巵盛酒,無以養老,春貸黍稷,年歲實有,履道坦坦,平安何咎。

A leaking cup holds wine; nothing to nourish the old. Spring borrows millet and grain; the yearly harvest proves fruitful. Treading the path, smooth and level; peaceful and free, what 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 7 (The Army). 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.