Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

文王四乳,仁愛篤厚。子畜十男,无有夭折。

King Wen had four nipples; his benevolence and love ran deep and generous. He raised ten sons, and not one died before his time.

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

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