Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 53: Development

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

忉怛忉怛,如將不活。黍稷之恩,靈輒以存。獲生保年。

Anguish, anguish; as though he would not survive. By the grace of millet and grain, Ling Zhuo is preserved. He finds life and keeps his years.

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

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