豫 → 鼎
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Line 2
六二 介于石。不終日。貞吉。
Six in the second place means: Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 3
六三 盱豫悔。遲有悔。
Six in the third place means: Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.
Line 6
上六 冥豫。成有渝。无咎。
Six at the top means: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, There is no blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
逸豫好遊，不安其家；惑於少姬，久迷不來。
Indulging in ease and fond of roaming, neglecting his own household; beguiled by a young beauty, long astray and never returning.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder stirs the earth in pleasure-seeking abandon. The verse describes someone intoxicated by leisure and wandering, neglecting his household, bewitched by a young concubine named Ji, lost for so long he never returns. This alludes to Duke Huan of Qi's entanglement with Lady Cai (蔡姬): she rocked their boat to tease him, he sent her home in anger, and Cai remarried her elsewhere, triggering a military campaign that ultimately had nothing to do with governance and everything to do with bruised pride. From Enthusiasm to The Cauldron, the irony is rich. The Cauldron transforms raw materials into refined nourishment through fire and discipline, but the pleasure-seeker has abandoned the kitchen entirely — the sacred vessel stands neglected while its master chases distractions abroad.
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