離
Lí · The Clinging
Light is dependent on what it clings to; choose the wick carefully.
The judgment
離：利貞，亨。 畜牝牛，吉。
The clinging. It is favorable to stay true, and it succeeds. Raise a gentle cow: good fortune.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex30.judgment.
The image
象曰：明兩作，離。大人以繼明照於四方。
Brightness rising twice: the clinging. A great person keeps the light going and shines it in all four directions.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex30.image.
Light is dependent on what it clings to; choose the wick carefully.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 履錯然，敬之無咎。 Footsteps crossing in confusion. Be respectful and there is no blame: the beginning is messy, so move carefully.
Footsteps crossing in confusion. Be respectful and there is no blame: the beginning is messy, so move carefully.
六二 黃離，元吉。 Yellow light: the middle color, the right place. Great good fortune.
Yellow light: the middle color, the right place. Great good fortune.
九三 日昃之離，不鼓缶而歌，則大耋之嗟，凶。 The sun declines. If you do not drum and sing, you will sigh like an old man: misfortune comes from refusing the season.
The sun declines. If you do not drum and sing, you will sigh like an old man: misfortune comes from refusing the season.
九四 突如其來如，焚如，死如，棄如。 It comes suddenly, burns, dies, and is thrown away. This is a flash with no root; do not build on it.
It comes suddenly, burns, dies, and is thrown away. This is a flash with no root; do not build on it.
六五 出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。 Tears pouring, lamenting and sighing. Good fortune: the grief is honest, and honesty is the way through.
Tears pouring, lamenting and sighing. Good fortune: the grief is honest, and honesty is the way through.
上九 王用出征，有嘉折首，獲其匪丑，無咎。 The king sends out the army, wins, takes the leaders, and does not take the followers. No blame: punish the source, not the crowd.
The king sends out the army, wins, takes the leaders, and does not take the followers. No blame: punish the source, not the crowd.