鼎 → 乾
Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷱
鼎
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind → HeavenThe Gentle → The Creative
Yilin Verse
頃筐卷耳，憂不得傷。心思故人，悲慕失母。
Tilting the basket, gathering earwort; sorrow does not become a wound. The heart thinks of old friends; in grief and longing, one mourns a lost mother.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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