Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

灼火泉原,釣魴山巔。魚不可得。炭不可燃。

Planting rice in sand, hoping for autumn harvest. Brewing tea on snow — the fire won't stay. Climbing a tree seeking fish is always a dream; polishing a brick into a mirror — looking back in vain.

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

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