Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

The Receptive
Earth / Earth
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

望尚阿衡,太宰國公。藩屏輔弼,福祿來同。

Hoping for the Grand Protector; Grand Minister, Duke of State. Screen and shield, support and aide; blessings and fortune come together.

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

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