Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

砥德礪材,果當成周。拜受大命,封為齊侯。

Polishing the sword for ten years, the edge untested — one morning it is drawn and cold light blazes. Before the golden palace steps, receiving the imperial decree — the purple robe is placed on one's shoulders, known to all under heaven.

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

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