Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 17: Following

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

吉日舉釣,田弋獵禽。反行飲至,以告喜功。

On a lucky day he raises his rod; in field and marsh he hunts the fowl. Returning, he drinks to the homecoming, announcing glad success.

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

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