鼎 → 困
Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷱
鼎
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramFire → LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Yilin Verse
登高望家，役事未休。王政靡盬，不得逍遙。
Standing on the city wall gazing toward home — a thousand mountains block the way to Hengyang. Bricks and mud in hand, carrying without end — what year, what month, will the pack be set down?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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