Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Treading
Heaven / Lake
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

履虎躡蛇,貶損我威;君子失車,去其國家。

Treading on the tiger, stepping on the serpent; my authority is diminished and damaged. The noble man loses his carriage; departing from his state and home.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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