Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

老猾大偷,東行盜敖。因於噬敖,幾不得去。

The old rogue, the great thief, goes east to rob the granary of Ao. Trapped at Shi'ao, he barely escapes with his life.

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

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