Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 12: Standstill

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

大屋之下,朝多君子。德施博育,宋受其福。

Beneath the great hall, the morning court gathers many gentlemen. Virtue is spread and broadly nurtured; Song receives its blessings.

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

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