Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Revolution
Lake / Fire
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

烏孫氏女,深目黑醜。嗜欲不同,過時无耦。

The Wusun woman, deep-eyed and dark of face. Their desires are not the same; the season passes with no match.

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

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