Hexagram 50: The Cauldron → Hexagram 7: The Army

The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
The Army
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

所望在外,鼎令方來。拭爵澡罍,炊食待之,不為季憂。

What is hoped for lies abroad; the lord of the cauldron is about to arrive. Wipe the goblets, wash the bronze vessels; cook food and await him. There is no cause to worry over the youngest.

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

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