需 → 鼎
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷱
鼎
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
膠著木連，不出牛欄。斯饗羔羊，家室相安。
Glued and fastened, wood joined; not leaving the cattle pen. Feasting on lamb; house and family dwell in peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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