睽 → 鼎
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).
Line 1
初九 悔亡。喪馬勿逐自復。見惡人。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: Remorse disappears. If you lose your horse, do not run after it; It will come back of its own accord. When you see evil people, Guard yourself against mistakes.
Line 3
六三 見輿曳。其牛掣。其人天且劓。无初有終。
Six in the third place means: One sees the wagon dragged back, The oxen halted, A man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
庾億倉盈，年歲安寧，稼穡熟成。
Stores in the billions, granaries brimming; the year is peaceful and calm. The grain and harvest ripen to completion.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, estranged forces, yet the verse sings of nothing but abundance. Granaries overflow with billions of measures, the year passes in tranquility, and crops ripen to full maturity. This verse nearly mirrors 38→38 (granaries overflowing, grain suitable for planting), but here the transformation changes: the harvest is not merely stored but ritually consecrated. From Opposition to The Cauldron, fire blazes above wood as the gentleman takes his proper position and solidifies his mandate. The cauldron transforms raw offerings into sacred nourishment — it does not merely accumulate wealth but refines it into something fit for heaven. The shift from estrangement to consecration reveals that true prosperity becomes meaningful only when it is offered upward, transmuted from material surplus into spiritual sustenance.
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