Li, nine at the topHexagram 30, line 6 · Li (Clinging Fire) · changing to 55
The line
In plain wordsThe king sends him on campaign: he wins merit, executes only the ringleader and does not drag in those who followed. No blame. Authority reaches everywhere, yet punishment is not used to excess.
The Image commentary on this line
王用出征，以正邦也。
"The king sends him out to march": this is to make the state correct.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- When something needs putting right, act, but deal only with the one who started the trouble; don't drag in a whole crowd at once. Be firm without punishing to excess, and you will not go wrong.
- Love
- To resolve a problem, go after the real crux, and don't seize the chance to drag out every old grievance and everyone else as well. Say it clearly, stop once the point is made, and you will not go wrong.
- Money
- When you clean up your finances, deal with the one place that is really causing trouble; don't cut every expense across the board. Aim precisely and keep a sense of proportion, and you will not go wrong.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Li.
Line position
A yang line in a yin place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yang, so there is no answer from it.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Li (Clinging Fire); when this line changes it becomes Feng (Abundance): hexagram 30 changing to 55.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Feng (Abundance)
This is the very height. Use it well, and know that what peaks will decline.