30
離
Lí

Hexagram 30: The Clinging Fire

彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Favorable to persevere. Success. Raising a cow brings Good fortune.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Clinging means attaching. The sun and moon attach to Heaven; the hundred grains, grasses, and trees attach to the earth. Repeated brightness, attached to correctness, transforms and completes all under Heaven. The yielding attaches to centered correctness, therefore there is success. Thus raising a cow brings Good fortune.
象 · Xiang

Image

Double brightness makes Clinging. A person of stature continues the light and illuminates the four directions.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06

Top Nine
The king uses this to go forth on campaign. There is good achievement in cutting off the chief and taking captives who are not the common followers. No blame.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
The king goes forth on campaign to set the state right.

Line 05

Six in the Fifth
Tears pour down in a flood. Sorrowing and sighing. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
The good fortune of Six in the Fifth means it attaches to kings and dukes.

Line 04

Nine in the Fourth
It comes abruptly: blazing, dying, cast aside.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Its coming so abruptly means there is nowhere it can be received.

Line 03

Nine in the Third
In the light of the setting sun, if one does not beat the clay pot and sing, there will be the lament of old age. Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Clinging at the sun's decline: how could it last long?

Line 02

Six in the Second
Yellow radiance. Prime good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The prime good fortune of yellow radiance means attaining the centered Way.

Line 01

Initial Nine
The steps are crisscrossed. Treat this with reverence. No blame.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
The reverence in crisscross steps is to avoid blame.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Li

Clinging

Element
Fire
Direction
South
Season
Summer
Lower Trigram

Li

Clinging

Element
Fire
Direction
South
Season
Summer
Palace
Li Palace
Role: Palace Head
Shi line 6 · Ying line 3
Ruling trigram
Li