Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

成王多寵,商人惶恐。生其禍心,使君危殆。

The accomplished king bestows too much favor; the merchants tremble with dread. It breeds treacherous hearts, placing the sovereign in mortal peril.

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

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