Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

宛馬疾步,盲師坐御。目不見路,中宵弗到。

A fine horse of Wan gallops swiftly; a blind driver sits at the reins. Eyes cannot see the road; by midnight, the destination is not reached.

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

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