Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

雞鳴同舉,思配无家。執佩持鳧,無所致之。

The rooster crows and all rise together, yet one seeks a mate without a household. Holding pendants, grasping the carved duck; with nowhere to present them.

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

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