Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Deliverance
Thunder / Water
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

行行窘步,次宿方舍。居安不懼,姬姜何憂?

Step by weary step, halting and stumbling; at last he finds an inn to rest. Dwelling in peace and feeling no fear — what should the Ji and Jiang clans worry about?

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

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