Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

六人俱行,各遺其囊。黃鵠失珠,无以為明。

Six men travel together, each having lost his bag. The yellow swan has lost its pearl and has no light to see by.

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

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