64 Hexagrams

The Clinging

Hexagram 30

Upper Trigram

Fire

Lower Trigram

Fire

The Judgment

The Clinging. Perseverance furthers. It brings success. Care of the cow brings good fortune.

The Image

That which is bright rises twice. Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness, illumines the four quarters of the world.

The Lines

Line 1

The footprints run crisscross. If one is seriously attentive, no blame.

Line 2

Yellow light. Supreme good fortune.

Line 3

In the light of the setting sun, men either beat the pot and sing or loudly bewail the approach of old age. Misfortune.

Line 4

Its coming is sudden; it flames up, dies down, is thrown away.

Line 5

Tears in floods, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune.

Line 6

The king uses him to march forth and chastise. Then it is best to kill the leaders and take captive the followers. No blame.