Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Difficulty at the Beginning
Water / Thunder
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

區脫康居,慕義入朝。湛露之歡,三爵畢恩。復歸野廬,與母相扶。

Envoys from distant lands, drawn by righteousness, come to court. Enjoying the feast of glistening dew, three cups complete the grace. They return to their wilderness huts, supporting their mothers.

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

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