Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 48: The Well

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

擊鼓陷陔,不得相踰。章甫文德,福厭禍涓。

Beating drums, storming the ditch; they cannot surpass one another. The ceremonial cap of Zhangfu brings civil virtue; blessings overflow and misfortune is washed away.

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

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