鼎 → 大有
Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
Line 1
初六 鼎顛趾。利出否。得妾以其子。无咎。
Six at the beginning means: A ting with legs upturned. Furthers removal of stagnating stuff. One takes a concubine for the sake of her son. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
羔裘豹祛，高易我宇，君子維好。
A lambskin robe with leopard cuffs; he raises high our dwelling. The gentleman maintains his bonds of friendship.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire over wind fills the cauldron; fire blazes above heaven in Great Possession. A lambskin robe with leopard-fur cuffs — this is the attire described in the Shijing ode 'Gao Qiu' from the Zheng Winds, where a nobleman's elegant dress signals both refinement and authority. 'He elevates our dwellings; the gentleman maintains friendship.' The verse celebrates a world of cultivated exchange: fine garments, improved homes, noble bonds. From The Cauldron to Great Possession, the transformation is one of culmination. What the cauldron refines emerges as visible abundance — fire above heaven illuminates the realm. The lambskin robe is civilization itself made wearable: warmth, beauty, and social order draped across the shoulders of those who earned it.
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