Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 38: Opposition

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Fire
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

海隅遼右,福祿所在。柔嘉蒙禮,九夷何咎?

At the sea's far corner, Liaoyang's right; therein fortune and prosperity reside. Gentle excellence receives ritual propriety; what fault among the nine Yi tribes?

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

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