The clinging — radiance, fire that clings to its fuel and gives light.
Clarity depends on what you cling to, as fire depends on what it burns. Hold to what is right and your light illuminates others. Cultivate clarity together with devotion.
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The Clinging (Fire) places Fire (clinging, light-giving) above Fire (clinging, light-giving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利贞，亨。畜牝牛，吉。
The Image · 大象
明两作，离；大人以继明照于四方。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九履错然，敬之无咎。象曰：履错之敬，以辟咎也。
- 六二黄离，元吉。象曰：黄离元吉，得中道也。
- 九三日昃之离，不鼓缶而歌，则大耋之嗟，凶。象曰：日昃之离，何可久也。
- 九四突如其来如，焚如，死如，弃如。象曰：突如其来如，无所容也。
- 六五出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。象曰：六五之吉，离王公也。
- 上九王用出征，有嘉折首，获匪其丑，无咎。象曰：王用出征，以正邦也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.