Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

Conflict
Heaven / Water
The Cauldron
Fire / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

虎聚摩牙,人待豚豬。往必傷亡,宜利止居。

Tigers gather, grinding their teeth; men wait like pigs. Going forth means certain death; better to stay and hold still.

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

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