鼎 → 坤
Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 2: The Receptive
䷱
鼎
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
→
䷁
坤
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
郤叔賈貸，行祿多悔，利无所得。
Xi Shu lent and traded; traveling for profit, he met only regret. Gain was nowhere to be found.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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