Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 22: Grace

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Grace
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

腫脛病腹,陷廁污辱。命短時極,孤子哀哭。

Swollen legs, ailing belly; fallen into the privy, shamed and soiled. Life cut short, time exhausted; the orphaned child weeps in sorrow.

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

The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store

Related Pages