30. Li

離 · Lí

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䷝
離
Lí

Li

Correspondences
Upper trigram
離 Li
Clinging
Lower trigram
離 Li
Clinging
Palace
Li Palace
Palace 6
Element
火 Fire
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彖 · Tuan

Judgment

Favorable to persevere. Success. Raising a cow brings Good fortune.
彖傳 · Tuan Zhuan

Judgment Commentary

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.
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.
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.
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.
Commentary
Clinging at the sun's decline: how could it last long?
Line 02
Six in the Second
Yellow radiance. Prime good fortune.
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.
Commentary
The reverence in crisscross steps is to avoid blame.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Li

Clinging

Element
Fire
Direction
South
Family
Middle Daughter
Season
Summer
Lower Trigram

Li

Clinging

Element
Fire
Direction
South
Family
Middle Daughter
Season
Summer
Ruling trigram
Li
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