Hexagram 7: The Army → Hexagram 50: The Cauldron

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

子畏於匡,厄困陳蔡。德行不危,竟脫厄害。

The Master was imperiled at Kuang; beset in Chen and Cai. His virtuous conduct was not endangered; in the end he escaped the peril.

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

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