I Ching hexagram 30, depicted |:||:| is named 離 (li2), Radiance. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, The Clinging, Fire; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), The Net. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...

Image of I Ching hexagram 30. ...

• Inner (lower) trigram is ☲ (|:| 離 li2) Radiance = (火) fire
• Outer (upper) trigram is ☲ (|:| 離 li2) Radiance = (火) fire
• The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With guidance (fire in lower) comes direction-setting, an ideology (fire in upper) - aka gudance doubled"

Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... A hexagram is any of the sixty-four sets of solid and broken lines used in the Chinese classic text I Ching. ... I Ching hexagram 01, depicted |||||| is named ä¹¾ (qián), Force. ... I Ching hexagram 02, depicted :::::: is named 坤 (kÅ«n), Field. ... I Ching hexagram 03, depicted |:::|: is named 屯 (chún), Sprouting. ... I Ching hexagram 04, depicted :|:::| is named è’™ (meng2), Enveloping. ... I Ching hexagram 05, depicted |||:|: is named 需 (xu1) Attending. ... I Ching hexagram 06, depicted :|:||| is named 訟 (song4), Arguing. ... I Ching hexagram 07, depicted :|:::: is named 師 (shi1), Leading. ... I Ching hexagram 08, depicted ::::|: is named 比 (bi3), Grouping. ... I Ching hexagram 09, depicted |||:|| is named 小畜 (xiao3 chu4), Small Accumulating. ... I Ching hexagram 10, depicted ||:||| is named å±¥ (lu3), Treading. ... I Ching hexagram 11, depicted |||::: is named æ³° (tai4), Prevading. ... I Ching hexagram 12, depicted :::||| is named 否 (pi3), Obstruction. ... I Ching hexagram 13, depicted |:|||| is named 同人 (tong2 ren2), Concording People. ... I Ching hexagram 14, depicted ||||:| is named 大有 (da4 you3), Great Possessing. ... I Ching hexagram 15, depicted ::|::: is named 謙 (qian1), Humbling. ... I Ching hexagram 16, depicted :::|:: is named 豫 (yu4), Providing-For. ... I Ching hexagram 17, depicted |::||: is named 隨 (sui2), Following. ... I Ching hexagram 18, depicted :||::| is named è ± (gu3), Corrupting. ... I Ching hexagram 19, depicted ||:::: is named 臨 (lin2), Nearing. ... I Ching hexagram 20, depicted ::::|| is named 觀 (guan1), Viewing. ... I Ching hexagram 21, depicted |::|:| is named 噬嗑 (shi4 ke4), Gnawing Bite. ... I Ching hexagram 22, depicted |:|::| is named 賁 (bi4), Adorning. ... I Ching hexagram 23, depicted :::::| is named 剝 (bo1), Stripping. ... I Ching hexagram 24, depicted |::::: is named 復 (fù), Returning. ... I Ching hexagram 25, depicted |::||| is named 無妄 (wu2 wang4), Without Embroiling. ... I Ching hexagram 26, depicted |||::| is named 大畜 (da4 chu4), Great Accumulating. ... I Ching hexagram 27, depicted |::::| is named é ¤ (yi2), Swallowing. ... I Ching hexagram 28, depicted :||||: is named 大過 (da4 guo4), Great Exceeding. ... I Ching hexagram 29, depicted :|::|: is named 坎 (kan3), Gorge. ... I Ching hexagram 31, depicted ::|||: is named 咸 (xian2), Conjoining. ... I Ching hexagram 32, depicted :|||:: is named 恆 (heng2), Persevering. ... I Ching hexagram 33, depicted ::|||| is named 遯 (dun4), Retiring. ... I Ching hexagram 34, depicted ||||:: is named 大壯 (da4 zhuang4), Great Invigorating. ... I Ching hexagram 35, depicted :::|:| is named 晉 (jin4), Prospering. ... I Ching hexagram 36, depicted |:|::: is named 明夷 (ming2 yi2), Brightness Hiding. ... I Ching hexagram 37, depicted |:|:|| is named 家人 (jia1 ren2), Dwelling People. ... I Ching hexagram 38, depicted ||:|:| is named 睽 (kui2), Polarising. ... I Ching hexagram 39, depicted ::|:|: is named 蹇 (jian3), Limping. ... I Ching hexagram 40, depicted :|:|:: is named 解 (xie4), Taking-Apart. ... I Ching hexagram 41, depicted ||:::| is named 損 (sun3), Diminishing. ... I Ching hexagram 42, depicted |:::|| is named 益 (yi4), Augmenting. ... I Ching hexagram 43, depicted |||||: is named 夬 (guai4), Parting. ... I Ching hexagram 44, depicted :||||| is named 姤 (gou4), Coupling. ... I Ching hexagram 45, depicted :::||: is named 萃 (cui4), Clustering. ... I Ching hexagram 46, depicted :||::: is named 升 (sheng1), Ascending. ... I Ching hexagram 47, depicted :|:||: is named å›° (kun4), Confining. ... I Ching hexagram 48, depicted :||:|: is named 井 (jing3), Welling. ... I Ching hexagram 49, depicted |:|||: is named 革 (ge2), Skinning. ... I Ching hexagram 50, depicted :|||:| is named 鼎 (ding3), Holding. ... I Ching hexagram 51, depicted |::|:: is named 震 (zhen4), Shake. ... I Ching hexagram 52, depicted ::|::| is named 艮 (gèn), Bound. ... I Ching hexagram 53, depicted ::|:|| is named 漸 (jian4), Infiltrating. ... I Ching hexagram 54, depicted ||:|:: is named 歸妹 (gui1 mei4), Converting The Maiden. ... I Ching hexagram 55, depicted |:||:: is named 豐 (feng1), Abounding. ... I Ching hexagram 56, depicted ::||:| is named 旅 (lu3), Sojourning. ... I Ching hexagram 57, depicted :||:|| is named å·½ (xun4), Ground. ... I Ching hexagram 58, depicted ||:||: is named 兌 (dui4), Open. ... I Ching hexagram 59, depicted :|::|| is named 渙 (huan4), Dispersing. ... I Ching hexagram 60, depicted ||::|: is named 節 (jie2), Articulating. ... I Ching hexagram 61, depicted ||::|| is named 中孚 (zhong1 fu2), Centre Confirming. ... I Ching hexagram 62, depicted ::||:: is named 小過 (xiao3 guo4), Small Exceeding. ... I Ching hexagram 63, depicted |:|:|: is named 既濟 (ji4 ji4), Already Fording. ... I Ching hexagram 64, depicted :|:|:| is named 未濟 (wei4 ji4), Not-Yet Fording. ...

The Self-Referencing I Ching : using the I Ching to describe itself

The following material is drawn from analysis of the binary sequence of the hexagrams where the hexagrams are derived from recursion of yin/yang and so showing a property of the method - the hexagrams are all linked together and contribute to the expression of, the description of, each hexagram.

• The skeletal form of hexagram 30 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 62, and so a generic focus on promotion of 'traditions', issues of collective loyality etc.

Considering the origin of the Character

 : It symbolizes a long tailed bird (i.e. a peacock/phoenix), representing the direction south. Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ...

(see Wieger, L. "Chinese Characters")