Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

獐鹿雞兔,群聚東國;俱往逐追;九齚十得。主君有喜。

Deer, roebuck, chickens, and hares gather in the eastern land; all go together in pursuit -- nine catches out of ten. The lord is pleased.

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

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