Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

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

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

天所顧祐,禍災不至。安吉不懼。

What heaven looks upon with favor, calamity and disaster cannot reach. At peace, auspicious, and unafraid.

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

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