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

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

十雉百雛,常與母俱。抱雞搏虎,誰敢難者?

Ten pheasants and a hundred chicks always stay with their mother. Embracing the hen, striking at the tiger: who would dare challenge her?

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

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