隨 → 鼎
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初九 官有渝。貞吉。出門交有功。
Nine at the beginning means: The standard is changing. Perseverance brings good fortune. To go out of the door in company Produces deeds.
Line 2
六二 係小子。失丈夫。
Six in the second place means: If one clings to the little boy, One loses the strong man.
Line 3
六三 係丈夫。失小子。隨有求得。利居貞。
Six in the third place means: If one clings to the strong man, One loses the little boy. Through following one finds what one seeks. It furthers one to remain persevering.
Line 5
九五 孚于嘉。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: Sincere in the good. Good fortune.
Line 6
上六 拘係之。乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
Six at the top means: He meets with firm allegiance And is still further bound. The king introduces him To the Western Mountain.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
泉坑復平，宇室安寧；憂患解除，賴福長生。
The sinkhole filled, the ground leveled again; house and hall are at peace. Worries and troubles removed -- blessed with fortune, long life.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rests within the lake, and a pit-spring that once threatened the foundation is leveled smooth. The dwelling regains its peace; anxiety and affliction are dispelled. Blessed by fortune, one lives long. The image is architectural restoration: a dangerous sinkhole beneath the house — source of structural instability — is filled in and flattened. What was undermining from below is neutralized. From Following to the Cauldron, fire above wood in Ding cooks and transforms raw material into refined nourishment. The verse captures the moment when following the right corrective action — literally filling the threatening void — allows the household to become Ding's vessel of transformation, where danger is alchemized into lasting wellbeing.
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