Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind HeavenThe Gentle → The Creative

Yilin Verse

東行西坐,喪其犬馬。南求驊騮,失車林下。

Walking east, sitting west; losing his dogs and horses. Seeking a fine steed to the south, he loses his cart beneath the forest trees.

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

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