Hexagram:The Clinging →Hexagram:Holding Together

I Ching Transformation

30
The Clinging
Li
Fire / Fire
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire →Earthclinging to receptive

Yilin Verse

松柏枝葉，常茂不落，君子惟體，日富安樂。

Pine and cypress, branches and leaves; ever flourishing, never falling. The noble man takes this as his model; daily growing wealthy and at ease.

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

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Related Pages

View Hexagram 30View Hexagram 8Reverse: 8 → 30

About This Page

This page shows the transformation from hexagram 30 (The Clinging) to hexagram 8 (Holding Together). 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.