坎 → 鼎
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
→
䷱
鼎
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
探巢捕魚，耕田捕鰌，費日無功，右手空虛。
Raiding nests, catching fish; plowing fields, hunting loach. Days spent for nothing; the right hand is empty.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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