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鼎 50 · Dǐng · The Cauldron
Fire over Wind / Wood — upper Lí 離 (clinging, radiant, clarifying); lower Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual)
Hexagram 50, The Cauldron (Dǐng, 鼎), is Fire over Wind / Wood. Fire on wood. Culture and nourishment; the raw transformed.
The situation
Fire on wood. Culture and nourishment; the raw transformed.
The counsel
Transform what is raw into what nourishes, and offer it upward.
The six lines
Line 1 — The cauldron turned over to empty the stale. No blame.
Line 2 — Food in the cauldron. Envious comrades cannot harm.
Line 3 — The handle altered; cannot be moved. Rain, then remorse vanishes.
Line 4 — Legs broken, the prince’s meal spilled. Misfortune.
Line 5 — Yellow handles, golden rings. Persist.
Line 6 — Jade rings. Great good.